Shloka 86

Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

चकोरा: शतपत्राशक्ष मत्तकोकिलसारिका:

Transliteration

cakorāḥ śatapatrāś ca mattakokilasārikāḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “There were cakora birds, śatapatra birds, and intoxicated (joyful) cuckoos and mynas.”

Word by Word

• चकोराः: chakora birds (partridges)
• चकोराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चकोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतपत्राः: hundred-petalled ones (lotuses)
• शतपत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतपत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मत्त: intoxicated / excited
• मत्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कोकिल: cuckoo
• कोकिल: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोकिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सारिकाः: mynah birds
• सारिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• cakora birds
• śatapatra birds
• cuckoos (kokila)
• mynas (sārikā)