Shloka 27

कण्वोपदेशः—नश्वरबलविवेकः तथा मातलिगुणकेश्याः आख्यानारम्भः

Kaṇva’s Counsel on Impermanent Power; Opening of the Mātali–Guṇakeśī Narrative

Devanagari script

दग्भोद्भव उवाच यद्येतदस्त्रमस्मासु युक्त तापस मन्यसे

Transliteration

dagbhodbhava uvāca yady etad astram asmāsu yukta tāpasa manyase

Translation

Dagbhodbhava dit : «Si toi, ô ascète, tu estimes que cette arme est justement employée contre nous…»

Word by Word

• दग्भोद्भवः: Dagbhodbhava (proper name)
• दग्भोद्भवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दग्भोद्भव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon; missile
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अस्मासु: among us; on us
• अस्मासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Locative, Plural

• युक्तः: applied; employed; used
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तापस: O ascetic
• तापस: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मन्यसे: you think; you consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular

Speaker

दग्भोद्भव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dagbhodbhava
• tāpasa (an ascetic)
• astra (weapon)