Shloka 23

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्चात्तापः तथा वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse and Request for Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

अरण्ये नि:शलाके वा न च रात्रौ कथंचन । वानरा: पक्षिणश्वैव ये मनुष्यानुसारिण:

Transliteration

araṇye niḥśalāke vā na ca rātrau kathaṃcana | vānarāḥ pakṣiṇaś caiva ye manuṣyānusāriṇaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「森であれ灯のない場所であれ、そしていかなる場合も夜はならぬ。人の後を追い、その道筋にまとわりつく猿や鳥どもには、出会ってはならず、近づけてもならぬ。」

Word by Word

• अरण्ये: in the forest
• अरण्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नि:शलाके: in (a place) without torches/lamps
• नि:शलाके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि:शलाक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

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

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

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• वानराः: monkeys
• वानराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पक्षिणः: birds
• पक्षिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• मनुष्यानुसारिणः: following men; accustomed to follow humans
• मनुष्यानुसारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनुष्यानुसारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• forest (araṇya)
• monkeys (vānarāḥ)
• birds (pakṣiṇaḥ)
• lamp/light (śalākā)