Shloka 17

लुब्धक-कपोत-कपोती-आख्यानम्

The Hunter and the Pigeon Couple: Expiation and Refuge-Ethics

Devanagari script

यस्य भार्या गृहे नास्ति साध्वी च प्रियवादिनी । अरण्यं तेन गन्तव्यं यथारण्यं तथा गृहम्‌,“जिसके घरमें साध्वी और प्रिय वचन बोलने-वाली भार्या नहीं है, उसे तो वनमें चला जाना चाहिये; क्योंकि उसके लिये जैसा घर है, वैसा ही वन”

Transliteration

yasya bhāryā gṛhe nāsti sādhvī ca priyavādinī | araṇyaṃ tena gantavyaṃ yathāraṇyaṃ tathā gṛham ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「家に貞淑で、やさしい言葉を語る妻がいない者は、森へ行くがよい。かかる伴侶を欠く家は、その者にとって森と変わらぬのだから。」

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गृहे: in (the) house/home
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• साध्वी: virtuous/chaste
• साध्वी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साध्वी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्रियवादिनी: sweet-speaking (woman)
• प्रियवादिनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रियवादिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अरण्यम्: forest
• अरण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तेन: by him/therefore (by that person)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• गन्तव्यम्: is to be gone/should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अरण्यम्: forest
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• गृहम्: home/house
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• wife (bhāryā)
• house/home (gṛha)
• forest (araṇya)