Shloka 17

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

यज्ञांगं कथिता गावो यज्ञ एव च वासव । एताभिश्न विना यज्ञो न वर्तेत कथंचन

Transliteration

yajñāṅgaṃ kathitā gāvo yajña eva ca vāsava | etābhiḥ na vinā yajño na varteta kathaṃcana ||

Translation

「ヴァーサヴァ（インドラ）よ、牛は祭祀（ヤジュニャ）の肢であると説かれ、まさしく祭祀そのものとさえ言われる。牛なくしては、いかなる祭祀も決して成り立たぬからである。」

Word by Word

• यज्ञाङ्गम्: a limb/part of the sacrifice
• यज्ञाङ्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञाङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कथिताः: are said/declared
• कथिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• यज्ञः: sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/itself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• वासव: O Vāsava (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एताभिः: by/with these (cows)
• एताभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• विना: without
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना

• यज्ञः: the sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वर्तेत: would proceed/occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• कथंचन: in any way/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vāsava (Indra)
• gāvaḥ (cows)
• yajña (sacrifice)