Shloka 143

Adhyāya 64 — Omens, Conch Signals, and Arjuna’s Assault on the Elephant Division

Devanagari script

सदण्डकोशनिचयान ब्राह्मणे भ्यो हमन्यत । उस विस्तृत यज्ञमें यजमान अम्बरीषने उन मूर्धथाभिषिक्त नरेशों और सैकड़ों राजकुमारोंको दण्ड और खजानों-सहित ब्राह्मणोंके अधीन कर दिया

Transliteration

sadaṇḍakośanicayān brāhmaṇebhyo ’manyata | tasmin vistṛte yajñe yajamāno ’mbharīṣo mūrdhābhiṣiktān nareśān śatāni ca rājakumārān daṇḍa-kośa-sahitān brāhmaṇānām adhīnaṃ cakāra ||

Translation

नारद उवाच—तस्मिन् विस्तीर्णे यज्ञे यजमानोऽम्बरीषो मूर्धाभिषिक्तान् नृपतीन् शतशो राजकुमारांश्च सदण्डकोशनिचयान् ब्राह्मणानां वशे न्यधात्।

Word by Word

• सदण्डकोशनिचयान्: those (kings) together with staffs/punitive power and treasuries/accumulated wealth
• सदण्डकोशनिचयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-दण्ड-कोश-निचय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to/for the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• अमन्यत: he assigned/considered (as belonging)
• अमन्यत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विस्तृते: in the extensive
• विस्तृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्तृत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• यजमानः: the sacrificer/patron
• यजमानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अम्बरीषः: Ambarīṣa
• अम्बरीषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बरीष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मूर्धाभिषिक्तान्: crowned/anointed on the head
• मूर्धाभिषिक्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ध-अभिषिक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नरेशान्: kings
• नरेशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• सैकतान्: hundreds (of)
• सैकतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत (सैक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राजकुमारान्: princes
• राजकुमारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजकुमार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दण्डकोशैः: with punitive power and treasuries
• दण्डकोशैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड-कोश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सहितान्: accompanied by/along with
• सहितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of the Brahmins
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अधीनम्: under the control of
• अधीनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधीन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अकरोत्: he made/placed
• अकरोत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Ambarīṣa
• Brāhmaṇas
• consecrated kings (mūrdhābhiṣiktāḥ nareśāḥ)
• princes (rājakumārāḥ)
• daṇḍa (rod of authority)
• kośa (treasury)
• yajña (sacrifice)