Shloka 30

Jarāsandha–Vāsudeva Saṃvāda: Kṣātra-Dharma, Pride, and the Ethics of Coercion

Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 20

Devanagari script

ते शश्वद्‌ गोधनाकीर्णमम्बुमन्तं शुभद्रुमम्‌ । गोरथ॑ं गिरिमासाद्य ददृशुर्मागधं पुरम्‌,फिर सदा गोधनसे भरे-पूरे, जलसे परिपूर्ण तथा सुन्दर वृक्षोंसे सुशोभित गोरथ पर्वतपर पहुँचकर उन्होंने मगधकी राजधानीको देखा

Transliteration

te śaśvad godhanākīrṇam ambumantaṃ śubhadrumam | gorathaṃ girim āsādya dadṛśur māgadhaṃ puram ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Достигнув горы Горатха — всегда многолюдной от стад, богатой водами и украшенной благими деревьями, — они увидели город магадхов, царскую столицу.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शश्वत्: always, perpetually
• शश्वत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शश्वत्

• गोधन: cattle-wealth, herds of cows
• गोधन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोधन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आकीर्णम्: filled, crowded
• आकीर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकीर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अम्बुमन्तम्: abounding in water
• अम्बुमन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अम्बुमन्त्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शुभ: beautiful, auspicious
• शुभ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रुमम्: tree
• द्रुमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गोरथम्: Goratha (name of the mountain)
• गोरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गिरिम्: mountain
• गिरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached, arriving at
• आसाद्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: Gerund (Absolutive), Parasmaipada

• ददृशुः: they saw
• ददृशुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मागधम्: Magadhan, of Magadha
• मागधम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मागध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुरम्: city, capital
• पुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Goratha (mountain)
• Magadha
• Magadhan capital city (puram)