Shloka 16

Śibi’s Weighing of Dharma

The Hawk and the Dove Trial) — शिबेर्धर्मतुला (श्येन-कपोतोक्तिः

Devanagari script

यजन्ते याजका: सम्यक्‌ परिवारं शुभार्थिन: । अन्रोपस्पृश्य सरसि श्रद्दधानो जितेन्द्रिय:

Transliteration

yajante yājakāḥ samyak parivāraṃ śubhārthinaḥ | anropaspṛśya sarasi śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ ||

Translation

Lomaśa said: “Seeking auspicious results, the officiating priests perform the sacrifice properly, together with the full complement of attendants and requisites. Having bathed in the lake and touched the water in due manner, the faithful man—self-controlled—proceeds with the rite.”

Word by Word

• यजन्ते: they sacrifice/worship
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• याजकाः: priests/sacrificers
• याजकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: याजक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सम्यक्: properly, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• परिवारम्: retinue, attendants, household
• परिवारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवार
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शुभार्थिनः: seeking auspiciousness/benefit
• शुभार्थिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभार्थिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अन्रोपस्पृश्य: without touching (others); not contacting
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्रोपस्पृश्य

• सरसि: in a lake/pond
• सरसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• श्रद्दधानः: faithful, trusting
• श्रद्दधानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्दधान
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जितेन्द्रियः: having conquered the senses, self-controlled
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lośa (speaker)
• yājakāḥ (priests/officiants)
• sarasi (a lake/pond)