Shloka 10

Jaratkāru’s Marital Compact and Departure (जरत्कारु–जरत्कारुणी संवादः)

Devanagari script

अड्कुरं कृतवांस्तत्र ततः पर्णद्वयान्वितम्‌ । पलाशिनं शाखिनं च तथा विटपिनं पुन:,पहले उन्होंने उसमेंसे अंकुर निकाला, फिर उसे दो पत्तेका कर दिया। इसी प्रकार क्रमश: पल्‍लव, शाखा और प्रशाखाओंसे युक्त उस महान्‌ वृक्षको पुनः पूर्ववत्‌ खड़ा कर दिया

Transliteration

aṅkuraṃ kṛtavāṃs tatra tataḥ parṇadvayānvitam | palāśinaṃ śākhinaṃ ca tathā viṭapinaṃ punaḥ ||

Translation

Kaśyapa said: “There he caused a fresh sprout to appear; then he furnished it with a pair of leaves. In the same orderly progression, he restored it again—now bearing tender foliage, then branches, and then spreading offshoots—until the great tree stood as it had before.”

Word by Word

• अङ्कुरम्: a sprout
• अङ्कुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्कुर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृतवान्: having made / having produced
• कृतवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पर्ण-द्वय-अन्वितम्: endowed with two leaves
• पर्ण-द्वय-अन्वितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्णद्वयान्वित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पलाशिनम्: having young leaves/shoots
• पलाशिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पलाशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शाखिनम्: having branches
• शाखिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाखिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• तथा: likewise / in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• विटपिनम्: having twigs/branchlets
• विटपिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विटपिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

काश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• sprout (aṅkura)
• two leaves (parṇadvaya)
• tree (implied by palāśin/śākhin/viṭapin)