Shloka 36

Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

नानिष्टाय प्रदातव्या कन्या इत्यूषिचोदितम्‌ | तन्मूलं काममूलस्य प्रजनस्येति मे मति:

Translation

Selon l’avis des grands ṛṣi, une jeune fille ne doit pas être donnée à un prétendant indigne ; car, à mon sens, la donner à un homme digne est la cause des joies du kāma et la source d’une bonne descendance.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अनिष्टाय: to an unworthy (person)
• अनिष्टाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• प्रदातव्या: should be given
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive), Feminine, Nominative, Singular, obligation (passive sense)

• कन्या: a maiden/daughter
• कन्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उषिचा: by Uśic (name of a sage)
• उषिचा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषिच्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• उदितम्: said/uttered
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-इ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मूलम्: root/cause
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• काममूलस्य: of (that which is) rooted in desire
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम-मूल
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रजनस्य: of progeny/offspring
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• मे: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मतिः: opinion/view
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

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