Shloka 16

नारदकथितं माधव्याः तपश्चर्या–ययातेः स्वर्गविचारः | Nārada on Mādhavī’s Asceticism and the Scrutiny of Yayāti in Heaven

Devanagari script

किमियं पूर्वमेवेह न दत्ता मम गालव । पुत्रा ममैव चत्वारो भवेयु: कुलभावना:

Transliteration

kim iyaṁ pūrvam eveha na dattā mama gālava | putrā mamaiva catvāro bhaveyuḥ kulabhāvanāḥ ||

Translation

Nārada disse: “Gālava, por que ela não me foi dada antes, aqui mesmo? Se tivesse sido, quatro filhos meus — verdadeiros engrandecedores da linhagem — teriam nascido.”

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• इयम्: this (woman/thing)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

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

• दत्ता: given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), feminine, nominative, singular

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• गालव: O Galava
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• चत्वारः: four
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• भवेयुः: might be / should become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), third, plural, परस्मैपद

• कुलभावनाः: upholders/enhancers of the family
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलभावन
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Gālava