Shloka 54
सगरस्यौर्वाश्रमगमनम्
Sagara’s Journey to Aurva’s Hermitage
Devanagari script
स तु कश्चिदभूद्वैश्यः पूर्वजन्मनि धर्मवित् / कस्याचिद्विषये राज्ञः प्रभूतधनधान्यवान्
Transliteration
sa tu kaścidabhūdvaiśyaḥ pūrvajanmani dharmavit / kasyācidviṣaye rājñaḥ prabhūtadhanadhānyavān
Translation
Dans une existence antérieure, il avait été un vaiśya connaissant le dharma, et, dans le domaine d’un roi, il possédait d’abondantes richesses et récoltes.
Word by Word
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
tubut/indeed
tu:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (निपात), adversative/emphatic
kaścitsomeone
kaścit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक) + cit (अव्यय)
FormIndefinite pronoun (अनिश्चित सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
abhūtwas/became
abhūt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormLuṅ (Aorist/लुङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
vaiśyaḥa vaiśya (merchant)
vaiśyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvaiśya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
pūrva-janmaniin a previous birth
pūrva-janmani:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpūrva (पूर्व, प्रातिपदिक) + janman (जन्मन्, प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'in a former birth'
dharma-vitknower of dharma
dharma-vit:
Karta-dharma (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma (धर्म, प्रातिपदिक) + vid (विद्, प्रातिपदिक as -vit)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'knower of dharma'
kasyāḥof some
kasyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative/indefinite base, Feminine, Genitive (6th), Singular; with cit in next word
citsome
cit:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootcit (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) making 'some/any'
viṣayein the territory
viṣaye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th), Singular
rājñaḥof a king
rājñaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Singular
prabhūta-dhana-dhānya-vānpossessing abundant wealth and grain
prabhūta-dhana-dhānya-vān:
Karta-dharma (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprabhūta (प्रभूत, प्रातिपदिक) + dhana (धन, प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (धान्य, प्रातिपदिक) + -vant (वन्/मतुप् प्रत्यय)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष with possessive suffix -vān (मतुपर्थ)