Shloka 27
Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: Abhaya, Anugraha, and the Ethics of Honoring the Worthy (दानश्रेष्ठता: अभय-अनुग्रह-विप्रपूजा)
Devanagari script
स्वर्गोद्देशस्त्वया राजन् सशरीरेण पार्थिव । मुहूर्तमनु भूतो 5सौ सभार्येण नृपोत्तम
Translation
Oh rey, soberano de la tierra, tú has gozado de ese cielo con tu propio cuerpo—junto con tu esposa—tan solo por un instante, oh el más excelso de los reyes.
Word by Word
स्वर्ग-उद्देशःa glimpse/indication of heaven
स्वर्ग-उद्देशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्गोद्देश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
स-शरीरेणwith (your) body; bodily
स-शरीरेण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootसशरीर
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
पार्थिवO earthly king
पार्थिव:
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मुहूर्तम्for a moment
मुहूर्तम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमुहूर्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अनुafter; along; (as preverb with √भू: 'experience')
अनु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
भूतःexperienced; undergone
भूतः:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
असौthat (he/you there)
असौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (pronoun stem अदस्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स-भार्येणtogether with (your) wife
स-भार्येण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootसभार्य
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
नृप-उत्तमO best of kings
नृप-उत्तम:
TypeNoun
Rootनृपोत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नर-ईश्वरO lord of men
नर-ईश्वर:
TypeNoun
Rootनरेश्वर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
च्यवन उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes