Shloka 13

Nahūṣa’s Pride, the Ṛṣi-Borne Palanquin, and the Search for Indra (नहुष-इन्द्राणी-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

वहन्तु त्वां महाभागा ऋषय: संगता विभो । सर्वे शिबिकया राजन्नेतद्धि मम रोचते

Transliteration

vahantu tvāṃ mahābhāgā ṛṣayaḥ saṅgatā vibho | sarve śibikayā rājann etad dhi mama rocate ||

Translation

Śalya berkata: “Wahai yang mulia, biarlah para resi agung yang berhimpun itu mengusungmu. Wahai Raja, biarlah dalam sebuah tandu—itulah yang berkenan di hatiku.”

Word by Word

• वहन्तु: let (them) carry
• वहन्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, 3, plural

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: any, accusative, singular

• महाभागाः: highly fortunate / illustrious
• महाभागाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• संगताः: assembled / gathered
• संगताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संगत
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, plural

• विभो: O mighty one / O lord
• विभो: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• शिबिकया: by/with a palanquin
• शिबिकया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबिका
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: any, genitive, singular

• रोचते: pleases / is agreeable
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, 3, singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• ṛṣis (sages)
• śibikā (palanquin)
• rājan (king, addressee)