Shloka 19

Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī

Devanagari script

जनकस्त्वभिसंरक्त: कापिलेयानुदर्शनात्‌ । उत्सृज्य शतमाचार्यान्‌ पृष्ठतोडनुजगाम तम्‌,उस समय महाराज जनक कपिलानन्दन पंच-शिखका ज्ञान देखकर उनके प्रति आकृष्ट हो गये और अपने सौ आचार्योंको छोड़कर उन्हींके पीछे चलने लगे

Transliteration

janakas tv abhisaṁraktaḥ kāpileyānudarśanāt | utsṛjya śatam ācāryān pṛṣṭhato 'nujagāma tam ||

Translation

Bhishma said: King Janaka, becoming deeply drawn by the insight he perceived in Kapila’s son, followed after him—leaving behind his hundred teachers.

Word by Word

• जनकः: Janaka (the king)
• जनकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अभिसंरक्तः: deeply attached/attracted
• अभिसंरक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिसंरक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कापिलेय: in/with regard to Kapila’s son (Pañcaśikha)
• कापिलेय: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कापिलेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अनुदर्शनात्: from seeing/observing
• अनुदर्शनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned/left
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचार्यान्: teachers
• आचार्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पृष्ठतः: from behind/behind
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतस्

• अनुजगाम: followed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Janaka
• Kapila
• Kāpileya (Pañcaśikha)
• hundred teachers (śatam ācāryāḥ)