Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यथाफला: षण्ढतिला यथा चर्ममया मृगा: । तथैव पाण्डवा: सर्वे यथा काकयवा अपि

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

yathāphalāḥ ṣaṇḍhatilā yathā carmamayā mṛgāḥ |

tathaiva pāṇḍavāḥ sarve yathā kākayavā api ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Seperti biji bijan mandul yang tidak berbuah, seperti ‘rusa’ yang dibuat daripada kulit semata-mata—tiruan kosong—dan seperti kākayava, butir bersekam tanpa isi padi yang tidak berguna, demikianlah juga: pada saat ini, hidup semua Pāṇḍava seakan menjadi sia-sia.”

Word by Word

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

• अफलाः: fruitless, without result
• अफलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अफल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• षण्ढ-तिलाः: barren sesame (sesame that yields no grain)
• षण्ढ-तिलाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्ढतिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• चर्म-मयाः: made of hide/skin (mere leather)
• चर्म-मयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर्ममय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मृगाः: deer (animals)
• मृगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: so, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• काक-यवाः: kākayava (a worthless grain/grass-seed, husk without rice)
• काक-यवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काकयव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• barren sesame (ṣaṇḍhatilāḥ)
• hide-made deer (carmamayā mṛgāḥ)
• kākayava (worthless husk/grain)