Shloka 3

अक्षदेवन-प्रवर्तनम् | Commencement of the Dice Game

Devanagari script

दक्षिणार्थ समानीता राजभि: कांस्यदोहना: । आरण्या बहुसाहस्रा अपश्यंस्तत्र तत्र गा:

Transliteration

dakṣiṇārthaṃ samānītā rājabhiḥ kāṃsyadohanāḥ | āraṇyā bahusāhasrā apaśyaṃs tatra tatra gāḥ ||

Translation

ਦੁਰਯੋਧਨ ਬੋਲਿਆ—“ਪਿਤਾਜੀ! ਦੱਖਿਣਾ ਲਈ ਰਾਜਿਆਂ ਨੇ ਕਾਂਸੇ ਦੇ ਦੁੱਧ-ਪਾਤਰਾਂ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਗਾਂਵਾਂ ਲਿਆਈਆਂ ਹਨ; ਪਰ ਮੈਂ ਇੱਥੇ-ਉੱਥੇ ਜੰਗਲਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹੇ ਚਰਦੀਆਂ ਅਨੇਕਾਂ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਗਾਂਵਾਂ ਵੇਖ ਰਿਹਾ ਹਾਂ।”

Word by Word

• दक्षिणार्थम्: for the sacrificial fee (dakṣiṇā)
• दक्षिणार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समानीताः: brought/collected
• समानीताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + नी (नी)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• राजभिः: by kings
• राजभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कांस्यदोहनाḥ: having bronze (milking-)vessels; milked into bronze pails
• कांस्यदोहनाḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कांस्य-दोहन
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• आरण्याः: wild/forest(-dwelling)
• आरण्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आरण्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• बहुसाहस्राः: many thousands (in number)
• बहुसाहस्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-साहस्र
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अपश्यन्: they saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

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

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

• गाः: cows
• गाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• kings (rājānaḥ)
• cows/cattle (gāvaḥ)
• bronze vessels (kāṃsya)