Shloka 13

गोशकृन्माहात्म्य-प्रश्नः (On the Merit of Cow-Dung and the Abode of Śrī) / Inquiry into the Sanctity of Cow-Dung

Devanagari script

कपिलां ये प्रयच्छन्ति सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम्‌ । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतामुभी लोकौ जयन्ति ते

Transliteration

kapilāṃ ye prayacchanti savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām | suvratāṃ vastrasaṃvītām ubhī lokau jayanti te ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「子牛を伴うカピラー（kapilā、黄褐色）の牝牛を、よく飾り布で覆って施し、さらに乳を搾るための青銅の器を添えて与える者は、この世と彼の世、両界において勝利を得る。」

Word by Word

• कपिलाम्: a tawny (kapilā) cow
• कपिलाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• प्रयच्छन्ति: give, bestow
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सवत्साम्: with a calf
• सवत्साम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सवत्सा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कांस्य: bronze (kāṁsya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कांस्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (in compound relation), Singular

• दोहनाम्: fit for milking / for milking
• दोहनाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दोहना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सुव्रताम्: of good observance/discipline
• सुव्रताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुव्रता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वस्त्र: cloth, garment
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (in compound relation), Singular

• संवीताम्: clothed, covered
• संवीताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-वे (संवी)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• उभी: both
• उभी: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• लोकौ: worlds
• लोकौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• जयन्ति: conquer, win
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• kapilā cow
• calf
• kāṃsya (bronze) milking vessel
• both worlds (iha-loka and para-loka)