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Shloka 24

Kuvalāśva’s Lineage and Uttaṅka’s Petition concerning Dhundhu (धुन्धु-प्रसङ्गः)

सर्वत्र मण्डूकवध: क्रियतामिति यो मयार्थी स॒ मां मृतमण्ड्रकोपायनमादायोपतिष्ठेदिति,“राजाने उस वापीमें रानीकी बहुत खोज की, परंतु वह कहीं दिखायी न दी। तब उन्होंने बावलीका सारा जल निकलवा दिया। इसके बाद एक बिलके मुँहपर कोई मेढक दीख पड़ा। इससे राजाको बड़ा क्रोध हुआ और उन्होंने आज्ञा दे दी कि *सर्वत्र मेढकोंका वध किया जाय। जो मुझसे मिलना चाहे, वह मरे हुए मेढकका ही उपहार लेकर मेरे पास आवे'

sarvatra maṇḍūkavadhaḥ kriyatām iti yo mayārthī sa māṃ mṛta-maṇḍūka-upāyanam ādāya upatiṣṭhed iti |

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Enraged at what he had found, the king issued a sweeping order: “Let the killing of frogs be carried out everywhere. Whoever seeks an audience with me must come before me bearing, as an offering, a dead frog.” The command, born of anger and misdirected blame, turns a single grievance into indiscriminate violence—an ethical lapse that the narrative uses to highlight how wrath can distort royal duty and justice.

सर्वत्रeverywhere
सर्वत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वत्र
मण्डूक-वधःkilling of frogs
मण्डूक-वधः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमण्डूकवध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्रियताम्let it be done / should be done
क्रियताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormImperative (Vidhi-lin), Passive, Third, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मयाby me / with me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
अर्थीdesirous (of), seeking
अर्थी:
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्थिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
मृत-मण्डूक-उपायनम्a gift (offering) of a dead frog
मृत-मण्डूक-उपायनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमृतमण्डूकउपायन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आदायhaving taken
आदाय:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-दा
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Active
उपतिष्ठेत्should approach / should present himself
उपतिष्ठेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-स्था
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Active, Third, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
T
the king (rājā)
F
frogs (maṇḍūkāḥ)
O
offering/gift (upāyana)