Shloka 23

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

वसुना राजमुख्येन प्रीतिमानब्रवीत्‌ प्रभु: । ये पूजयिष्यन्ति नरा राजानश्न महं मम

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | Vasunā rājamukhyena prītimān abravīt prabhuḥ | ye pūjayiṣyanti narā rājānaś ca māṃ mama utsavam racayiṣyanti, teṣāṃ teṣāṃ ca samūhasya rāṣṭrasya lakṣmī-vijayau bhaviṣyataḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。第一の王ヴァスの信愛に満ちた奉仕を喜び、主は告げた。「支提の君ウパリチャラ・ヴァスが我を礼拝するがごとく、いかなる人々と王たちであれ我を礼拝し、我がためにこの祭を設けるならば、繁栄と勝利は彼らに、そしてその国土全体に降り注ぐであろう。」

Word by Word

• वसुना: by Vasu
• वसुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• राजमुख्येन: by the foremost of kings
• राजमुख्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजमुख्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रीतिमान्: pleased, delighted
• प्रीतिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रभुः: the lord
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ये: who, those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vasu (Uparicara Vasu)
• Mahendra (Indra)
• Cedi (Cedi-deśa)
• utsava (festival)