Shloka 58

Vyāghra–Gomāyu Saṃvāda (व्याघ्रगोमायु संवाद) — Testing Character Beneath Appearances

Devanagari script

मृगराजं हितैर्वाक्यै: सम्बोधयितुमागमत्‌ | पुत्र नैतत्‌ त्वया ग्राह्मूं कपटारम्भसंयुतम्‌

Transliteration

mṛgarājaṃ hitair vākyaiḥ sambodhayitum āgamat | putra naitat tvayā grāhyaṃ kapaṭārambhasaṃyutam |

Translation

Ela se aproximou do senhor das feras (o leão) para admoestá-lo com palavras de boa intenção: “Meu filho, não deves aceitar isto, pois está ligado a um começo enganoso e a um desígnio traiçoeiro.”

Word by Word

• मृगराजम्: the lion (king of beasts)
• मृगराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हितैः: with beneficial (words)
• हितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वाक्यैः: with words/speeches
• वाक्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सम्बोधयितुम्: to address/awaken (to speak to)
• सम्बोधयितुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+बुध्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage)

• आगमत्: came/approached
• आगमत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• ग्राह्यम्: to be accepted/should be taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: यत् (gerundive/future passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Passive (sense)

• कपटारम्भसंयुतम्: connected with a deceitful undertaking
• कपटारम्भसंयुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कपटारम्भसंयुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• mṛgarāja (lion)