Shloka 11

भूमिभार-निवारणप्रसङ्गः (Bhūmibhāra-nivāraṇa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Motif of Relieving Earth’s Burden

Devanagari script

उस यज्ञमें जो ऋत्विज्‌ और सदस्य पधारे थे, उन सबको राजा जनमेजयने सैकड़ों और सहस्रोंकी संख्यामें धन-दान किया

Transliteration

tasmin yajñe ye ṛtvijaḥ sadasyāś ca samāgatāḥ, tān sarvān rājā janamejayaḥ śataśaḥ sahasraśaś ca dhana-dānena toṣayām āsa.

Translation

На том жертвоприношении всех жрецов-исполнителей обряда (ṛtvij) и учёных членов собрания, прибывших туда, царь Джанамеджая почтил дарами богатства — сотнями и тысячами, исполняя царский долг поддерживать священные обряды и тех, кто их хранит.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यज्ञे: sacrifice, yajña
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऋत्विजः: priests (ṛtviks)
• ऋत्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सदस्याः: members/assessors (of the ritual assembly)
• सदस्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उपागताः: having come, arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• ते: them
• ते: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जनमेजयः: Janamejaya
• जनमेजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतशः: by hundreds, in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शत

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्र

• धनम्: wealth, gifts
• धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शौनक (Śaunaka)
• जनमेजय (Janamejaya)
• ऋत्विज् (ṛtvij priests)
• सदस्य (ritual assembly members)
• यज्ञ (sacrifice)