Shloka 19

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

Devanagari script

लेभे कामाउ्शुभान्‌ राजन्‌ कर्मणा निर्जितान्‌ स्वयम्‌ । सह तेनैव विप्रेण गुरुणा स गुरुप्रिय:,तत्पश्चात्‌ उन गुरुप्रेमी नरेशने अपने गुरुके साथ ही पुण्यकर्मोद्वारा स्वयं प्राप्त किये हुए पुण्य-लोकके शुभ भोगोंका उपभोग किया

Transliteration

lebhe kāmān śubhān rājan karmaṇā nirjitān svayam | saha tenaiva vipreṇa guruṇā sa gurupriyaḥ |

Translation

Lomaśa said: “O King, he himself won auspicious enjoyments through his meritorious deeds. And together with that very brāhmaṇa—his guru—being devoted to his teacher, he partook of the blessed fruits of the virtuous world.”

Word by Word

• लेभे: obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कामान्: desired enjoyments
• कामान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शुभान्: auspicious
• शुभान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कर्मणा: by (his) deeds
• कर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• निर्जितान्: won/earned
• निर्जितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्जि
• Form: Past Passive Participle (kta), Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• स्वयम्: himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• तेन: with him/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• विप्रेण: with the brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• गुरुणा: with the teacher
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• गुरुप्रियः: dear to (his) teacher
• गुरुप्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरुप्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• King (Yudhiṣṭhira, addressed as rājan)
• a brāhmaṇa guru (unnamed in this verse)
• puṇya-loka (implied: the virtuous/heavenly realm)