Shloka 27

नियोगप्रसङ्गः — The Niyoga Episode: Births of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura

Devanagari script

पृथ्वद्यैर्भातृभि: सार्थ द्यौस्तदा तां जहार गाम्‌ तया कमलतपत्राक्ष्या नियुक्तो द्यौस्तदा नृप

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | pṛthvadyair bhrātṛbhiḥ sārthaṃ dyaus tadā tāṃ jahāra gām | tayā kamalatapatrākṣyā niyukto dyaus tadā nṛpa |

Translation

ഹേ നൃപാ! കമലപത്രാക്ഷിയായ ഭാര്യയുടെ പ്രേരണയാൽ, പൃഥു മുതലായ സഹോദരന്മാരോടൊപ്പം വസുവായ ദ്യൗ അന്ന് ആ പശുവിനെ അപഹരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• पृथु-आद्यैः: by Prithu and the others
• पृथु-आद्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथु (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भ्रातृभिः: by (his) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सार्थम्: together (with)
• सार्थम्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: true

• द्यौः: Dyu (a Vasu)
• द्यौः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: true

• ताम्: her/that (cow)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जहार: carried off/abducted
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गाम्: the cow
• गाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• कमल-तल-पत्र-अक्ष्या: by (the lady) whose eyes are like lotus-leaves
• कमल-तल-पत्र-अक्ष्या: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमल (प्रा.) + तल (प्रा.) + पत्र (प्रा.) + अक्षि (प्रा.)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• नियुक्तः: urged/impelled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-युज् (धातु) → नियुक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• द्यौः: Dyu
• द्यौः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: true

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dyaus (Vasu)
• Pṛthu
• other Vasus (brothers of Dyaus)
• Vasiṣṭha
• Dyaus's wife (lotus-eyed)
• the cow (Vasiṣṭha’s cow)