Shloka 141

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

अरोगा: सर्वसिद्धार्था मनुष्या अकुतो भया: । यथाभिकाममवसन क्षेत्रेषु च गृहेषु च

Transliteration

arogāḥ sarvasiddhārthā manuṣyā akutobhayāḥ | yathābhikāmam avasan kṣetreṣu ca gṛheṣu ca ||

Translation

People were free from disease, their aims were fully accomplished, and they lived without fear from any quarter. They dwelt as they wished—both in the fields and in their homes.

Word by Word

• अरोगाः: healthy, free from disease
• अरोगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वसिद्धार्थाः: having all aims accomplished; fully successful
• सर्वसिद्धार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वसिद्धार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मनुष्याः: people, humans
• मनुष्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अकुतोभयाः: fearless; having fear from nowhere
• अकुतोभयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकुतोभय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अभिकामम्: as desired; at will
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभिकाम

• अवसन्: they dwelt, lived
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• क्षेत्रेषु: in fields/lands
• क्षेत्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

• गृहेषु: in houses/homes
• गृहेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Wind-god)
• manuṣyāḥ (people)
• kṣetra (fields)
• gṛha (homes)