Shloka 71
Devanagari script
यक्ष उवाच किंस्विदात्मा मनुष्यस्य किंस्विद् दैवकृत: सखा । उपजीवनं किंस्विदस्य किंस्विदस्य परायणम्
Transliteration
yakṣa uvāca kiṃsvid ātmā manuṣyasya kiṃsvid daivakṛtaḥ sakhā | upajīvanaṃ kiṃsvid asya kiṃsvid asya parāyaṇam |
Translation
The Yakṣa said: “What, truly, is a man’s own self? What companion is granted by destiny? What is his means of livelihood? And what is his highest refuge and final resort?”
Word by Word
यक्षःYaksha
यक्षः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
किम्what?
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्वित्indeed / pray (interrogative particle)
स्वित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित्
आत्माself / soul
आत्मा:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मनुष्यस्यof a man / of a human
मनुष्यस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
किम्what?
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्वित्indeed / pray
स्वित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित्
दैवकृतःmade by fate / ordained by the divine
दैवकृतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootदैवकृत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सखाfriend
सखा:
TypeNoun
Rootसखि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उपजीवनम्means of livelihood / subsistence
उपजीवनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootउपजीवन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
किम्what?
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्वित्indeed / pray
स्वित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित्
अस्यof him / of this (man)
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
किम्what?
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्वित्indeed / pray
स्वित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित्
अस्यof him / of this (man)
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
परायणम्final refuge / ultimate resort
परायणम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपरायण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
यक्ष उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YakṣaM
manuṣya (human being)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes