Shloka 38
कर्कोटक-उपदेशः
Karkoṭaka’s Counsel and Nala’s Concealment
Devanagari script
यद्यहं नैषधादन्यं मनसापि न चिन्तये । तथायं पततां क्षुद्रो परासुर्मुगजीवन:,“यदि मैं निषधराज नलके सिवा दूसरे किसी पुरुषका मनसे भी चिन्तन नहीं करती होऊँ, तो इसके प्रभावसे यह तुच्छ व्याध प्राणशून्य होकर गिर पड़े”
Transliteration
yady ahaṃ naiṣadhād anyaṃ manasāpi na cintaye | tathāyaṃ patatāṃ kṣudro parāsur mṛgajīvanaḥ ||
Translation
Bṛhadaśva said: “If it is true that I do not even in my mind think of any man other than Nala, the king of Niṣadha, then by the power of that truth may this vile hunter fall down lifeless.”
Word by Word
यदिif
यदि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहम्
Formcommon, nominative, singular
नैषधात्from the Naiṣadha (king of Niṣadha, i.e., Nala)
नैषधात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootनैषध
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
अन्यम्another (man)
अन्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
मनसाwith the mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चिन्तयेI think/ponder
चिन्तये:
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त्
Formpresent, indicative, first, singular, parasmaipada
तथाthen/so (in that case)
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अयम्this (man)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
पतताम्of those falling / of the fallen
पतताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
Formशतृ (present active participle), masculine, genitive, plural
क्षुद्रःwretched, vile
क्षुद्रः:
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षुद्र
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
परासुःlifeless, deprived of life
परासुः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरासु
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
मुगजीवनःthe hunter (one whose livelihood is by hunting)
मुगजीवनः:
TypeNoun
Rootमुगजीवन
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
Speaker
ब॒हृदश्चव उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BṛhadaśvaN
NalaN
NiṣadhaH
hunter (mṛgajīvana)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes