Shloka 13

Somaka–Jantu Ākhyāna: Desire-Driven Sacrifice and Shared Karmic Consequence

Devanagari script

एतच्छुत्वा स राजर्षिध्धर्मराजमथाब्रवीत्‌ । अठमत्र प्रवेक्ष्यामि मुच्यतां मम याजक:

Transliteration

etac chrutvā sa rājarṣir dharmarājam athābravīt | aṭham atra pravekṣyāmi mucyatāṃ mama yājakaḥ ||

Translation

Hearing this, the royal sage addressed Dharmarāja: “Now I shall enter here; let my sacrificial priest be released.”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

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

• राजर्षिः: royal sage
• राजर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मराजम्: Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• धर्मराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अष्टमम्: the eighth (one)
• अष्टमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• प्रवेक्ष्यामि: I shall enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मुच्यताम्: let (him/it) be released
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, Karmani (passive sense)

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• याजकः: sacrificer / priest (performer of sacrifice)
• याजकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: याजक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomāśa
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• rājarṣi (royal sage)
• yājaka (sacrificial priest)