Shloka 47

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

प्रपतेद्‌ यशसो दीप्तात्‌ स च लोकान्‌ न चाप्नुयात्‌ धर्मकामार्थकार्याणि शुश्रूषा कुलसंतति:

Transliteration

prapated yaśaso dīptāt sa ca lokān na cāpnuyāt dharmakāmārthakāryāṇi śuśrūṣā kulasaṃtatiḥ

Translation

He would fall away from his shining fame, and he would not attain the worlds (of blessed reward). The proper undertakings of dharma, kāma, and artha are sustained by devoted service and by the continuance of one’s lineage.

Word by Word

• prapated: would fall down / would decline
• prapated: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√pat
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-liṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• yaśasaḥ: from fame
• yaśasaḥ: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaśas
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• dīptāt: from (what is) blazing / radiant
• dīptāt: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīpta
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• lokān: worlds (heavenly realms)
• lokān: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• āpnu-yāt: would attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-liṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• dharma-kāma-artha-kāryāṇi: duties, pleasures, and wealth-related tasks (the aims/affairs of dharma, kāma, artha)
• dharma-kāma-artha-kāryāṇi: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + kāma + artha + kārya
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• śuśrūṣā: service; attentive obedience
• śuśrūṣā: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuśrūṣā
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• kula-santatiḥ: continuity of the family line
• kula-santatiḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula + santati
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula