Shloka 14
Aṣṭāvakra–Bandi Vāda at Janaka’s Assembly
Numerical Cosmology and Restitution
Devanagari script
द्रष्टास्यद्य वदतो<स्मान् द्वारपाल मनीषिशभि: । सह वादे विवृद्धे तु बन्दिनं चापि निर्जितम्,द्वारपाल! आज तुम हमें विद्वानोंके साथ शास्त्रार्थ करते देखोगे, साथ ही विवाद बढ़ जानेपर बंदीको परास्त हुआ पाओगे
Transliteration
draṣṭāsy adya vadato ’smān dvārapāla manīṣibhiḥ | saha vāde vivṛddhe tu bandinaṃ cāpi nirjitam ||
Translation
Aṣṭāvakra said: “Gatekeeper, today you will see us speaking in debate with learned sages; and when the disputation grows intense, you will also see Bandi defeated.”
Word by Word
द्रष्टाyou will be a seer / you will see
द्रष्टा:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formकर्तरि भविष्यत्कालिक-परस्मैपदी अर्थे, तृच् (तृ), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
असिyou are
असि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
Formलट्, मध्यम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
वदतःof (me) speaking / while (I) speak
वदतः:
TypeVerb
Rootवद्
Formशतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formत्रि, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
द्वारपालO door-keeper
द्वारपाल:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootद्वारपाल
Formपुं, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
मनीषिभिःwith sages / with the learned
मनीषिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषिन्
Formपुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन
सहtogether with
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
वादेin debate
वादे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवाद
Formपुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन
विवृद्धेwhen (it) has grown / when (it) has intensified
विवृद्धे:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-वृध्
Formक्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे), पुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन
तुbut / indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
बन्दिनम्the panegyrist / bard (Bandin)
बन्दिनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबन्दिन्
Formपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
निर्जितम्defeated / conquered
निर्जितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-जि
Formक्त (भूतकर्मणि), पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन
Speaker
अष्टावक्र उवाच
Characters & Entities
A
AṣṭāvakraD
Dvārapāla (gatekeeper)M
Manīṣin (learned sages, collectively)B
BandiVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes