Shloka 2

Kīṭopākhyāna: Prajā-pālana as Kṣatra-vrata and the Attainment of Brāhmaṇya

Devanagari script

अपूपान्‌ विविधाकाराज्शाकानि विविधानि च । खाण्डवान्‌ रसयोगाजन्न तथेच्छन्ति यथा5डमिषम्‌

Transliteration

apūpān vividhākārān śākāni vividhāni ca | khāṇḍavān rasayogāj jann na tathecchanti yathāḍamiṣam ||

Translation

ユディシュティラは言った。「人々は、さまざまな形の菓子や多種の野菜、あるいは蜜をたっぷり含んだ甘味でさえ、肉を欲するほどには欲しない。」

Word by Word

• अपूपान्: cakes, sweet breads
• अपूपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपूप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विविधाकारान्: of various shapes/forms
• विविधाकारान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविधाकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शाकानि: vegetables, greens
• शाकानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• खाण्डवान्: sugar-sweets, confections
• खाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रसयोगान्: sweet preparations/mixtures with syrup/juice
• रसयोगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसयोग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तथा: so, in that way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इच्छन्ति: they desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अडमिषम्: meat, flesh
• अडमिषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अडमिष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• apūpa (cakes)
• śāka (vegetables/greens)
• khāṇḍava (sweets/confections)
• āḍamiṣa (meat)