Shloka 58

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

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

नित्यपुष्पफलाश्चैव पादपा निरुपद्रवा: । सर्वा द्रोणदुघा गावो रामे राज्यं प्रशासति,'श्रीरामके राज्यशासनकालमें सभी वृक्ष बिना किसी विघ्न-बाधाके सदा फले-फूले रहते थे और समस्त गौएँ एक-एक दोन दूध देती थीं

Transliteration

nityapuṣpaphalāś caiva pādapā nirupadravāḥ | sarvā droṇadughā gāvo rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati ||

Translation

Vāyu said: When Rāma was ruling the kingdom, the trees were ever laden with blossoms and fruits, free from all affliction; and all the cows yielded a full droṇa-measure of milk.

Word by Word

• नित्य: ever, always
• नित्य: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुष्पफलाः: having flowers and fruits
• पुष्पफलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पफल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पादपाः: trees
• पादपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निरुपद्रवाः: free from trouble/obstruction
• निरुपद्रवाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरुपद्रव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• द्रोणदुघाः: yielding a droṇa (measure) of milk
• द्रोणदुघाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रोणदुघ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• रामे: when/while Rama (was present; under Rama)
• रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राज्यम्: kingdom, rule
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रशासति: rules, governs
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शास्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Rāma
• trees (pādapāḥ)
• cows (gāvaḥ)
• droṇa (measure)