Shloka 81
Devanagari script
यक्ष उवाच केनस्विदावृतो लोक: केनस्विन्न प्रकाशते । केन त्यजति मित्राणि केन स्वर्ग न गच्छति
Transliteration
yakṣa uvāca: kena svid āvṛto lokaḥ? kena svid na prakāśate? kena tyajati mitrāṇi? kena svargaṁ na gacchati?
Translation
Le Yaksha demanda : «Par quoi donc le monde est-il voilé ? Par quoi ne brille-t-il pas au grand jour ? Pour quelle raison l’homme abandonne-t-il ses amis ? Et à cause de quoi n’atteint-il pas le ciel ?»
Word by Word
यक्षःthe Yaksha
यक्षः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
केनby what?
केन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
स्वित्indeed/ever (interrogative particle)
स्वित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित्
आवृतःcovered/veiled
आवृतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-वृ (आवृ)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
लोकःthe world
लोकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
केनby what?
केन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
स्वित्indeed/ever (interrogative particle)
स्वित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित्
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्रकाशतेshines/is manifest
प्रकाशते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-काश्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
केनby what?/because of what?
केन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
त्यजतिabandons/gives up
त्यजति:
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
मित्राणिfriends
मित्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
केनby what?/because of what?
केन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
स्वर्गम्heaven
स्वर्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
गच्छतिgoes/attains
गच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
यक्ष उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YakṣaL
loka (the world)S
svarga (heaven)M
mitra (friends)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes