Shloka 73

Aṣṭāvakra–Strī-saṃvāda: Dhṛti, hospitality, and a dispute on autonomy

Devanagari script

सअद्टावक्र उवाच सर्वा: स्वानालयान्‌ यान्तु एका मामुपतिष्ठतु

Transliteration

aṣṭāvakra uvāca sarvāḥ svān ālayān yāntu ekā mām upatiṣṭhatu

Translation

အဋ္ဌာဝကရက ပြောသည်—“အားလုံးတို့သည် ကိုယ့်အိမ်ရာသို့ ပြန်သွားကြစေ။ တစ်ယောက်တည်းက ငါ့ကို ဤနေရာ၌ ဆောင်ရွက်စောင့်ရှောက်စေ။”

Word by Word

• स: he
• स: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अष्टावक्रः: Aṣṭāvakra
• अष्टावक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टावक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वाः: all (women/they all)
• सर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वान्: their own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आलयान्: abodes, homes
• आलयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यान्तु: let them go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• एका: one (woman/person)
• एका: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• उपतिष्ठतु: let (her) attend/stand by
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

सअद्टावक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭāvakra