Shloka 48

कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः

Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority

Devanagari script

ऋषयो यतयो होतन्नहुषे प्रत्यवेदयन्‌ । गां मातरं चाप्यवधीर्वृषभं च प्रजापतिम्‌

Transliteration

ṛṣayo yatayo hotan-nahuṣe pratyavedayan | gāṃ mātaraṃ cāpy avadhīr vṛṣabhaṃ ca prajāpatiṃ ||

Translation

Dijo Tūladhāra: “Oh Nahuṣa, los sabios y ascetas te han hecho saber esto: has matado a la vaca, que es como una madre, y también al toro, Prajāpati, señor de las criaturas. Tal acto es una grave transgresión del dharma.”

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यतयः: ascetics
• यतयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• होतारः: priests (hotṛs)
• होतारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नहुषे: to Nahusha
• नहुषे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नहुष
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• प्रत्यवेदयन्: reported / informed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + अव + √विद् (वेदयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• गाम्: a cow
• गाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अवधीः: you killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वध्
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 2nd, Singular

• वृषभम्: a bull
• वृषभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• प्रजापतिम्: Prajāpati (lord of creatures)
• प्रजापतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

तुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Tulādhāra
• Nahusha
• ṛṣis (sages)
• yatīs (ascetics)
• cow (gā)
• bull (vṛṣabha)
• Prajāpati