Shloka 38

Sāttvata–Vṛṣṇi–Andhaka Vamśa

Genealogical Enumeration of the Yādava Clans

Devanagari script

स तु प्रोसेनो मृगयामचरद्यत्र चाप्यथ / प्रसेनस्य पदं ग्राह्यं पुरं पौराप्तकारिभिः

Transliteration

sa tu proseno mṛgayāmacaradyatra cāpyatha / prasenasya padaṃ grāhyaṃ puraṃ paurāptakāribhiḥ

Translation

Então Prosena andava caçando por toda parte; e as pegadas de Prosena podiam ser seguidas pelos habitantes da cidade.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• tu: but
• tu: Avyaya (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), contrastive

• prosenaḥ: Prosena
• prosenaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prosena (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• mṛgayām: hunting
• mṛgayām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛgayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (fem.), Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; ‘hunt/chase’ as object

• acarat: went about/practised
• acarat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (लङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, deśa-vācaka (relative adverb: where)

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Avyaya (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), also/even

• atha: then
• atha: Avyaya (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta, sequence marker (then/now)

• prasenasya: of Prasena
• prasenasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasena (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana

• padam: footprint/track
• padam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (1st/2nd) Ekavacana; here as object ‘track/footprint’

• grāhyam: to be identified/recognized
• grāhyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: grah (धातु) + yat (यत्)
• Form: Kṛtya (gerundive/future passive participle), Napuṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; ‘to be taken/recognized’

• puram: to the city
• puram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• paurāpta-kāribhiḥ: by the city-informants/messengers
• paurāpta-kāribhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paura (प्रातिपदिक) + āpta (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana; तत्पुरुषः (pauraiḥ āptāḥ kāriṇaḥ = those who do/bring news to citizens)