Shloka 13

Śulka, Kanyā, and Dauhitra-Riktha: Discourse on Bride-Price and Inheritance Rights (शुल्क-कन्या-दौहित्र-रिक्थविचारः)

Devanagari script

विपुलस्तु गुरोर्वाक्यमविचार्य महातपा: । स तथेत्यब्रवीद्‌ राज॑स्तं च देशं जगाम ह

Transliteration

vipulas tu guror vākyam avicārya mahātapāḥ | sa tathety abravīd rājan taṃ ca deśaṃ jagāma ha ||

Translation

ରାଜନ୍! ମହାତପସ୍ବୀ ବିପୁଳ ଗୁରୁଙ୍କ ବାକ୍ୟକୁ ଅନ୍ୟଥା ଭାବିନାହିଁ “ତଥାସ୍ତୁ” ବୋଲି କହି ସେହି ଦେଶକୁ ଗଲେ।

Word by Word

• विपुलः: Vipula (name)
• विपुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• गुरोः: of the teacher
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वाक्यम्: word/command
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अविचार्य: without considering
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), ल्यप्, Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• महातपाः: the great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• देशम्: place/region
• देशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (narrative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Vipula
• Guru (teacher)
• King (addressed as rājan)
• Flowers
• The place where the flowers fell