Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ततः प्रकृतयः सर्वे तथान्तः पुरवासिनः / वारकाताकदबैश्च नगरीभिश्च सवृताः

Transliteration

tataḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarve tathāntaḥ puravāsinaḥ / vārakātākadabaiśca nagarībhiśca savṛtāḥ

Translation

Alors tous les sujets du royaume et les habitants du palais intérieur, avec ceux des cités telles que Vārakātākadaba, se rassemblèrent et l’entourèrent de toutes parts.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence: 'thereupon/then'

• prakṛtayaḥ: the subjects/citizens (people)
• prakṛtayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन); agrees with implied masculine group

• tathā: and likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction/adverb (समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण): 'also/likewise'

• antaḥ: inside/within
• antaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya usage (अव्ययवत्), adverb: 'within/inside' (अन्तः)

• puravāsinaḥ: the city-dwellers
• puravāsinaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura-vāsin (प्रातिपदिक; pura + vāsin)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'city-dwellers'

• vārakātākadabaiḥ: by/with the Vārakā, Ātāka and Daba (groups)
• vārakātākadabaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārakā + ātāka + daba (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: Neuter/collective sense (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), Instrumental (तृतीया) plural (बहुवचन); names of groups/places (proper nouns)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• nagarībhiḥ: with/through the towns (townsfolk/settlements)
• nagarībhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• sa-vṛtāḥ: surrounded/encircled together
• sa-vṛtāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + vṛta (वृत, कृदन्त from √vṛ 'to cover/enclose')
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त, kta), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन); avyayībhāva with prefix 'sa-' = 'together/with'