Shloka 17

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

यष्टिं च वैणवीं तस्मै ददौ वृत्रनिषूदन: । इष्टप्रदानमुद्दिश्य शिष्टानां प्रतिपालिनीम्‌,ऐसा कहकर वृत्रासुरका नाश करनेवाले इन्द्रने राजाको प्रेमोपहारस्वरूप बाँसकी एक छड़ी दी, जो शिष्ट पुरुषोंकी रक्षा करनेवाली थी

Transliteration

yaṣṭiṁ ca vaiṇavīṁ tasmai dadau vṛtranisūdanaḥ | iṣṭapradānam uddiśya śiṣṭānāṁ pratipālinīm ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra, gave him a bamboo staff as a token of affectionate favor, intending it as a boon—an emblem meant to uphold and protect the righteous and well-disciplined.

Word by Word

• यष्टिम्: staff, rod
• यष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• वैणवीम्: made of bamboo (reed)
• वैणवीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैणवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वृत्रनिषूदनः: the slayer of Vṛtra (Indra)
• वृत्रनिषूदनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र-निषूदन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इष्टप्रदानम्: granting of desired boons
• इष्टप्रदानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्ट-प्रदान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उद्दिश्य: intending, with a view to
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + दिश्
• Form: Absolutive (Tumun/Lyap), Gerund (ktvā/lyap sense)

• शिष्टानाम्: of the virtuous/learned (good people)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रतिपालिनीम्: protectress, one that protects
• प्रतिपालिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिपालिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Indra (Vṛtranisūdana)
• Vṛtra
• bamboo staff (vaiṇavī yaṣṭi)