Shloka 15

Keśinī’s Inquiry to Bāhuka and the Emotional Signs of Concealed Identity (केशिन्याः बाहुकपरीक्षा)

Devanagari script

संख्यास्थामि फलान्यस्य पश्यतस्ते जनाधिप । मुहूर्तमपि वार्ष्णेयो रश्मीन्‌ यच्छतु वाजिनाम्‌,'जनेश्वर! यदि वारष्णेय दो घड़ीतक भी इन घोड़ोंकी लगाम सँभाले तो मैं आपके देखते-देखते इसके फलोंको गिन लूँगा”

Transliteration

saṅkhyāsthāmi phalāny asya paśyatas te janādhipa | muhūrtam api vārṣṇeyo raśmīn yacchatu vājinām ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: “O lord of men, while you look on, I shall count the fruits of this (tree). Let the Vārṣṇeya hold the reins of the horses even for a single muhūrta.”

Word by Word

• saṅkhyāsthāmi: I will count
• saṅkhyāsthāmi: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṅkhyā-sthā (√sthā)
• Form: Luṭ (periphrastic future), 1, singular, parasmaipada

• phalāni: fruits/results
• phalāni: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• asya: of this (one)
• asya: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (pronoun) / asya (gen. form)
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• paśyataḥ: while (you are) watching / of you who are watching
• paśyataḥ: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (paśyati)
• Form: Śatṛ (present active participle), masculine, genitive, singular

• te: of you / your
• te: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (pronoun)
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• janādhipa: O lord of people (king)
• janādhipa: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana-adhipa
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• muhūrtam: for a moment
• muhūrtam: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: muhūrta
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• api: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• vārṣṇeyaḥ: the Vārṣṇeya (Krishna)
• vārṣṇeyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārṣṇeya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• raśmīn: reins
• raśmīn: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: raśmi
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• yacchatu: let him hold/keep
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yam (yacchati)
• Form: Loṭ (imperative), 3, singular, parasmaipada

• vājinām: of the horses
• vājinām: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: vājin
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

Speaker

बृहदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• janādhipa (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
• Vārṣṇeya (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)
• horses
• reins
• fruits (of a tree)