Shloka 14

मान्धातृ-जन्म-चरितम्

The Birth and Career Account of Māndhātṛ

Devanagari script

तस्य श्रान्तस्य शुष्केण कण्ठेन क्रोशतस्तदा । नाश्रौषीत्‌ कश्नन तदा शकुनेरिव वाशत:,राजा थककर सूखे कण्ठसे पानीके लिये चिल्ला रहे थे, परंतु उस समय चें-चें करनेवाले पक्षीकी भाँति उनकी चीख-पुकार कोई भी न सुन सका

Transliteration

tasya śrāntasya śuṣkeṇa kaṇṭhena krośatas tadā | nāśrauṣīt kaścana tadā śakuner iva vāśataḥ ||

Translation

Disse Lomaśa: Quando, exausto, clamou então com a garganta seca, ninguém o ouviu naquele momento; seus gritos ficaram sem resposta, como o áspero brado de uma ave no ermo.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• श्रान्तस्य: of the weary (one)
• श्रान्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शुष्केण: with dry
• शुष्केण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष्क
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कण्ठेन: throat/voice
• कण्ठेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• क्रोशतः: while crying out
• क्रोशतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

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

• अश्रौषीत्: heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• कश्चन: anyone (at all)
• कश्चन: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• शकुनेः: of a bird
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वाशतः: of the cry/calling
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाशत्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

लोमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• a king (rājā, implied in context)
• śakuni (a bird)