Shloka 5

Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda

Kārttikeya

Devanagari script

मान्धाता यौवनाश्रवश्व ययातिर्नहुषस्तथा । गा वै ददनत: सततं सहस्रशतसम्मिता:

Transliteration

Māndhātā Yauvanāśvaś ca Yayātir Nahuṣas tathā | gā vai dadantaḥ satataṁ sahasraśata-sammitāḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «Māndhātā, Yauvanāśva, Yayāti y, del mismo modo, Nahuṣa: estos reyes, célebres en la tradición antigua, daban vacas sin cesar, y sus dádivas ascendían a cientos de miles».

Word by Word

• मान्धाता: Mandhātā (a king)
• मान्धाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान्धातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यौवनाश्रवः: Yauvanāśrva (a king)
• यौवनाश्रवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवनाश्रव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• ययातिः: Yayāti (a king)
• ययातिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययाति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नहुषः: Nahuṣa (a king)
• नहुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नहुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/so too
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• गाः: cows
• गाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• ददनतः: giving (donating)
• ददनतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सततम्: constantly/always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• सहस्रशतसम्मिताः: amounting to a thousand and a hundred (i.e., 1100 in number)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रशतसम्मित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Māndhātā
• Yauvanāśva
• Yayāti
• Nahuṣa
• cows (gāḥ)