Shloka 10

Saṃsāra-Gahana Allegory: The Brāhmaṇa in the Forest and Well (संसारगहन-आख्यान)

Devanagari script

वनमध्ये च तत्राभूदुदपान: समावृतः

Transliteration

vanamadhye ca tatrābhūd udapānaḥ samāvṛtaḥ

Translation

Dan di sana, di tengah rimba, ada sebuah perigi yang telah tertutup—tersembunyi dan terhalang, seolah-olah jalan menuju air dan kelegaan telah disekat.

Word by Word

• वनमध्ये: in the middle of the forest
• वनमध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन-मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अभूत्: was / came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular

• उदपानः: a well
• उदपानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदपान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समावृतः: covered / enclosed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√वृ (वृञ् वरणे) → समावृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वन (forest)
• उदपान (well)