Shloka 5

Kuvalāśva’s Lineage and Uttaṅka’s Petition concerning Dhundhu (धुन्धु-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

अध्वनि जातश्रम: क्षुत्तृष्णाभिभूतश्वैकस्मिन्‌ देशे नीलं गहनं वनखण्डमपश्यत्‌ ।। ५॥।। 'मार्ममें उन्हें बड़ी थकावट हुई और वे भूख-प्याससे व्याकुल हो गये। उसी समय उन्हें एक ओर नीले रंगका एक दूसरा वन दिखायी दिया, जो और भी घना था

Transliteration

adhvani jātaśramaḥ kṣuttṛṣṇābhibhūtaś caikasmin deśe nīlaṃ gahanaṃ vanakhaṇḍam apaśyat || 5 ||

Translation

Di perjalanan ia diliputi letih, serta dikuasai lapar dan dahaga. Saat itu, di suatu tempat, ia melihat sebidang rimba yang gelap kebiruan dan amat lebat. (5)

Word by Word

• अध्वनि: on the road, in the journey
• अध्वनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जात-श्रमः: having become tired; with fatigue arisen
• जात-श्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात-श्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षुत्-तृष्णा-अभिभूतः: overcome by hunger and thirst
• क्षुत्-तृष्णा-अभिभूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुत्-तृष्णा-अभिभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एकस्मिन्: in one (place)
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• देशे: in a place/region
• देशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नीलम्: dark-blue, bluish
• नीलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नील
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गहनम्: dense, thick
• गहनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गहन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वन-खण्डम्: a section/tract of forest
• वन-खण्डम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन-खण्ड
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• a dense dark-blue forest tract (vana-khaṇḍa)
• a certain region (deśa)