Shloka 19

जनक-राज्ञः मौण्ड्य-परिव्रज्या-विवादः

Janaka’s Renunciation Questioned; Discourse on Dāna and Detachment

Devanagari script

यइमां कुण्डिकां भिन्द्यात्‌ त्रिविष्टब्धं च यो हरेत्‌ । वासश्नापि हरेत्‌ तस्मिन्‌ कथं ते मानसं भवेत्‌,“यदि आपकी कोई यह कुण्डी फोड़ दे, त्रिदण्ड उठा ले जाय और ये वस्त्र भी चुरा ले जाय तो उस समय आपके मनकी कैसी अवस्था होगी?

Transliteration

yad imāṁ kuṇḍikāṁ bhindyāt trivisṭabdhaṁ ca yo haret | vāsaś cāpi haret tasmin kathaṁ te mānasaṁ bhavet ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “If someone were to break this water-pot, carry off your staff, and even steal your garment—what state would your mind be in then?”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• इमाम्: this (f.)
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कुण्डिकाम्: water-pot; small vessel
• कुण्डिकाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डिका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भिन्द्यात्: might break
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्रिविष्टब्धम्: the three-staff (tridaṇḍa); triple-propped staff
• त्रिविष्टब्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिविष्टब्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरेत्: might take away/steal
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वासः: garment; cloth
• वासः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• हरेत्: might take away/steal
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मानसम्: mind; mental state
• मानसम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: might be; would become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• kuṇḍikā (water-pot)
• daṇḍa/tridaṇḍa (staff)
• vāsaḥ (garment)