Shloka 4

Āśvamedha-dīkṣā-nirdeśaḥ — Scheduling the Initiation and Assigning Protection for the Horse

Devanagari script

ते कोशानग्रत: कृत्वा विविशु: स्वपुरं तदा

Transliteration

te kośān agrataḥ kṛtvā viviśuḥ svapuraṃ tadā

Translation

ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಕೋಶಗಳನ್ನೂ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಗಳನ್ನೂ ಮುಂಚೆ ಇಟ್ಟು, ಅವರು ಆಗ ತಮ್ಮ ನಗರಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದರು; ಕ್ರಮಬದ್ಧ ಮರಳುವಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊದಲು ಸಂಪತ್ತು-ಸಾಧನಗಳ ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು।

Word by Word

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

• कोशान्: treasuries; stores
• कोशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अग्रतः: in front; ahead
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः

• कृत्वा: having made; having placed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• विविशुः: they entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• स्वपुरम्: their own city
• स्वपुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वपुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• kośa (treasury/wealth stores)
• svapura (their own city)