Shloka 10

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 101: Bhogavatī-varṇana, Nāga-vaṃśa-kathana, and Sumukha-vivāha-prastāva

Devanagari script

सर्वकामदुघा नाम धेनुर्धारयते दिशम्‌ । उत्तरां मातले धर्म्या तथैलविलसंज्ञिताम्‌,चौथी धेनुका नाम सर्वकामदुघा है। मातले! वह धर्मयुक्त कुबेरसम्बन्धिनी उत्तरदिशाका धारण-पोषण करती है

Transliteration

sarvakāmadughā nāma dhenur dhārayate diśam | uttarāṃ mātale dharmyāṃ tathailavilasaṃjñitām ||

Translation

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ മാതലി! ‘സർവകാമദുഘാ’ എന്ന നാമമുള്ള ധേനു ഉത്തരദിക്കിനെ ധരിക്കുന്നു. ആ ദിക്ക് ധർമ്മമയമാണ്; ‘ഐലവില’ എന്നും അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു; കുബേരബന്ധിതമാണ്.

Word by Word

• सर्वकामदुघा: fulfilling all desires (lit. milking all wishes)
• सर्वकामदुघा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकामदुघा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name / called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• धेनुः: cow
• धेनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• धारयते: supports / bears
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• दिशम्: direction (quarter)
• दिशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तराम्: northern
• उत्तराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मातले: O Mātali
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातलि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्म्याम्: righteous / in accordance with dharma
• धर्म्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• इलविलसंज्ञिताम्: named Ilavila
• इलविलसंज्ञिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इलविलसंज्ञित
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mātali
• Sarvakāmadughā (wish-fulfilling cow)
• Uttarā diś (Northern direction)
• Ailavila
• Kubera (implied by Ailavila association)