Shloka 19
Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ
King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt
Devanagari script
ततः प्रभृति चाद्यापि यष्टे: क्षितिपसत्तमै: । प्रवेश: क्रियते राजन् यथा तेन प्रवर्तित:,राजन्! तबसे लेकर आजतक श्रेष्ठ राजाओंद्वारा छड़ी धरतीमें गाड़ी जाती है। वसुने जो प्रथा चला दी, वह अबतक चली आती है
Transliteration
tataḥ prabhṛti cādyāpi yaṣṭeḥ kṣitipasattamaiḥ | praveśaḥ kriyate rājan yathā tena pravartitaḥ ||
Translation
From that time onward, even to this day, O King, the foremost rulers perform the rite of planting a staff into the earth—just as it was instituted by him. Thus the custom set in motion by that king continued as an established royal practice.
Word by Word
ततःfrom then, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
प्रभृतिsince, starting from
प्रभृति:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रभृति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
अद्यापिeven today, to this day
अद्यापि:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्यापि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
यष्टेःof the staff/rod
यष्टेः:
TypeNoun
Rootयष्टि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
क्षितिप-सत्तमैःby the best of kings
क्षितिप-सत्तमैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षितिपसत्तम
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
प्रवेशःinsertion, driving in
प्रवेशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रवेश
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
क्रियतेis done, is performed
क्रियते:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formलट् (वर्तमान), कर्मणि प्रयोग, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
तेनby him/thereby
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
प्रवर्तितःset in motion, instituted
प्रवर्तितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रवर्तित (प्र + वृत्/वर्त् + णिच्, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaR
rājan (the king addressed)Y
yaṣṭi (ceremonial staff)K
kṣitipa-sattama (foremost kings)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes