Shloka 16
Śāṇḍilī–Suparṇa Saṃvāda
Conduct, Intention, and Restoration
Devanagari script
गुरवे संश्रुतानीह शतान्यष्टौ हि वाजिनाम् | एकत: श्यामकर्णानां शुभ्राणां चन्द्रवर्चसाम्,मैंने गुरुको ऐसे आठ सौ घोड़े देनेकी प्रतिज्ञा की है, जो चन्द्रमाके समान उज्ज्वल कान्तिसे युक्त हों और जिनके कान एक ओरसे श्याम रंगके हों
Transliteration
gurave saṁśrutānīha śatāny aṣṭau hi vājinām | ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānāṁ śubhrāṇāṁ candravarcasām |
Translation
Gālava said: “Here I have pledged to my teacher eight hundred horses—brilliant white, radiant like the moon, and marked by dark coloration on one side of their ears.”
Word by Word
गुरवेto the teacher
गुरवे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
संश्रुतानिpromised (vowed)
संश्रुतानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसंश्रुत (सम्+श्रु, क्त)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
इहhere / in this matter
इह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
शतानिhundreds
शतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
अष्टौeight
अष्टौ:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हिindeed / for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
वाजिनाम्of horses
वाजिनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootवाजिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
एकतःon one side
एकतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएकतः
श्यामकर्णानाम्of those having dark ears (dark-eared)
श्यामकर्णानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootश्यामकर्ण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
शुभ्राणाम्of the white (bright) ones
शुभ्राणाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
चन्द्रवर्चसाम्of those having moon-like radiance
चन्द्रवर्चसाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootचन्द्रवर्चस्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
गालव उवाच
Characters & Entities
G
GālavaG
guru (teacher)V
vājin (horses/steeds)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes