Shloka 67

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

सहस्रमश्वा एकैकं हस्तिनं पृष्ठतो<न्वयु: । गवां सहस्रमश्वे5श्वे सहस्त्रं गव्यजाविकम्‌,'प्रत्येक हाथीके पीछे एक-एक हजार घोड़े, हर एक घोड़के पीछे हजार-हजार गायें और एक-एक गायके साथ हजार-हजार भेड़-बकरियाँ चल रही थीं

Transliteration

sahasram aśvā ekaikaṃ hastinaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ | gavāṃ sahasram aśve 'śve sahasraṃ gavyajāvikam ||

Translation

Vāyu disse: “Atrás de cada elefante seguiam mil cavalos. Atrás de cada cavalo seguiam mil vacas; e com cada vaca iam mil ovelhas e cabras.”

Word by Word

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एकैकम्: each (one by one)
• एकैकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकैक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हस्तिनम्: elephant
• हस्तिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पृष्ठतः: from behind/behind
• पृष्ठतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतः
• Form: true

• अन्वयुः: followed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-या
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• गवाम्: of cows
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अश्वे: behind/with respect to a horse (i.e., after each horse)
• अश्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• गव्यजाविकम्: cows-and-goats-and-sheep (livestock)
• गव्यजाविकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गव्यजाविक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• elephants
• horses
• cows
• sheep
• goats