Shloka 117
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
Devanagari script
सौवर्णी पृथिवीं कृत्वा दशव्यामां द्विरायताम् । दक्षिणामददद् राजा वाजिमेधे महाक्रतौ,“राजा गयने महायज्ञ अश्वमेधमें दस व्याम (पचास हाथ) चौड़ी और इससे दूनी लंबी सोनेकी पृथ्वी बनवाकर दक्षिणारूपसे दान की थी
Transliteration
sauvarṇī pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā daśavyāmāṃ dvirāyatām | dakṣiṇām adadad rājā vājimedhe mahākratau |
Translation
Vāyu said: “Having caused a ‘golden earth’ to be made—ten vyāmas in breadth and twice that in length—the king bestowed it as the sacrificial fee (dakṣiṇā) in the great rite of the Aśvamedha.”
Word by Word
सौवर्णीम्golden (made of gold)
सौवर्णीम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसौवर्णी (सुवर्ण-सम्बन्धिनी)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
पृथिवीम्earth; ground (a piece of land)
पृथिवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
कृत्वाhaving made
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करणे)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active, Non-finite
दशव्यामाम्ten-vyāma in extent (ten spans/arm-lengths)
दशव्यामाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदशव्यामा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
द्विरायताम्twice as long (double in length)
द्विरायताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्विरायता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
दक्षिणाम्sacrificial fee; gift (dakṣiṇā)
दक्षिणाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अददत्gave
अददत्:
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाजिमेधेin the Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
वाजिमेधे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवाजिमेध
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
महाक्रतौin the great rite/sacrifice
महाक्रतौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाक्रतु
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyudeva (speaker)R
rājā (the king)A
Aśvamedha (vājimedha)D
dakṣiṇā (sacrificial fee)S
sauvarṇī pṛthivī (golden earth/ground representation)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes