Shloka 5

Adhyāya 136: Yavakrī–Bharadvāja Saṃvāda and the Bāladhī–Dhanuṣākṣa Gāthā

Arrogance, Boons, and Nimitta

Devanagari script

एते कनखला राजन्नृषीणां दयिता नगा: । एषा प्रकाशते गड़ा युधिष्ठिर महानदी,युधिष्ठिर! ये कनखलकी पर्वत-मालाएँ हैं जो ऋषियोंको बहुत प्रिय लगती हैं। ये महानदी गंगा सुशोभित हो रही हैं

Transliteration

ete kanakhalā rājann ṛṣīṇāṃ dayitā nagāḥ | eṣā prakāśate gaṅgā yudhiṣṭhira mahānadī ||

Translation

Lomaśa said: “O King, these are the Kanakhala mountain-ridges, beloved of the sages. And here the great river Gaṅgā shines forth, O Yudhiṣṭhira.”

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कनखलाः: Kanakhalā (hills/ridges called Kanakhala)
• कनखलाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कनखला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ऋषीणाम्: of sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• दयिताः: beloved, dear
• दयिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दयित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नगाः: mountains
• नगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एषा: this (she/this one)
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रकाशते: shines, appears splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+काश्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• गङ्गा: Gaṅgā
• गङ्गा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महानदी: great river
• महानदी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानदी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kanakhala
• Gaṅgā
• Ṛṣis (sages)
• mountains/hills (nagāḥ)