Shloka 4
Jarītā-Śārṅgaka-saṃvādaḥ — The Dialogue of Jaritā and the Śārṅgaka Chicks
Fire-escape deliberation
Devanagari script
तेषां समविभक्तानां क्षितौ देहवतामिव । बभौ धर्मार्थकामानां चतुर्थ इव पार्थिव:
Translation
इस प्रकार धर्म, अर्थ और काम—ये तीनों पुरुषार्थ मानो पृथ्वी पर समान रूप से विभक्त होकर साकार हो उठे थे; और राजा युधिष्ठिर चौथे पुरुषार्थ, मोक्ष के समान, विशेष शोभा पा रहे थे।
Word by Word
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
समविभक्तानाम्equally apportioned/divided
समविभक्तानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसमविभक्त (सम् + वि + √भज्)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
क्षितौon the earth
क्षितौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षिति
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
देहवताम्of embodied (beings); having bodies
देहवताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootदेहवत्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
बभौshone/appeared
बभौ:
TypeVerb
Root√भा
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular
धर्मार्थकामानाम्of dharma, artha and kāma (the three aims)
धर्मार्थकामानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म + अर्थ + काम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
चतुर्थःthe fourth
चतुर्थः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पार्थिवःthe king
पार्थिवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes