Shloka 27

शल्यस्य सेनापत्याभ्युपगमः | Śalya’s Acceptance of Command

Devanagari script

इष्टं मे बहुभिर्यज्ञैर्दत्ता विप्रेषु दक्षिणा:

Transliteration

iṣṭaṃ me bahubhir yajñair dattā vipreṣu dakṣiṇāḥ

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच— इष्टं मे बहुभिर्यज्ञैर्दत्ता विप्रेषु दक्षिणा।

Word by Word

• इष्टम्: desired / approved / dear
• इष्टम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट (यज्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• दत्ता: given
• दत्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्त (दा-धातोः क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विप्रेषु: to/among the Brahmins
• विप्रेषु: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• दक्षिणा: sacrificial fee / gift
• दक्षिणा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Brahmins (vipra)
• dakṣiṇā (sacrificial fee/gift)
• yajña (sacrifice)