Shloka 413

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

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

तावती: प्रददौ गा: स शिविरौशीनरो<ध्वरे । “आज संसारमें जंगली पशुओंसहित जितने गाय-बैल और घोड़े हैं, उतनी संख्यामें उशीनरपुत्र शिबिने अपने यज्ञमें केवल गौओंका दान किया

Transliteration

tāvatīḥ pradadau gāḥ sa śibirauśīnaro 'dhvare |

Translation

Vāyu said: “In that sacrifice, Śibi, the son of Uśīnara, gave away cows in such an immense number—equal to all the cows, bulls, and horses that exist in the world, including those among wild creatures.” The statement extols Śibi’s extraordinary generosity and the dharmic ideal of selfless giving through yajña.

Word by Word

• तावतीः: so many (as many as that)
• तावतीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रददौ: gave (as a gift)
• प्रददौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (प्र + दा)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• गाः: cows
• गाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिबिः: Śibi
• शिबिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उशीनरः: Uśīnara (name/lineage)
• उशीनरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उशीनर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्वरे: in the sacrifice
• अध्वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Śibi (Śibirauśīnara)
• Uśīnara
• yajña/adhvara
• cows (go)
• bulls (vṛṣabha) (contextual, from the Hindi gloss)
• horses (aśva) (contextual, from the Hindi gloss)