Shloka 41

Asamañjasa-tyāga (Abandoning Asamañjasa) — Sagara-carita Continuation

Devanagari script

न तु दिग्विजयार्थाय करादानार्थमेव च / पृथिवीभूभुजा तेन पूर्वमेव विनिर्जिता

Transliteration

na tu digvijayārthāya karādānārthameva ca / pṛthivībhūbhujā tena pūrvameva vinirjitā

Translation

இது திசை வெற்றிக்காகவும் அல்ல, வரி வசூலிக்க மட்டுமும் அல்ல; அந்த மன்னன் முன்பே பூமியை வென்றிருந்தான்.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha/Contrast (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adversative particle (निपात)

• dig-vijaya-arthāya: for the purpose of conquest of the quarters
• dig-vijaya-arthāya: Sampradāna/Prayojana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक) + vijaya (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; purpose dative; digvijaya = ‘conquest of quarters’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), digvijayārtha = ‘for the purpose of digvijaya’ (तत्पुरुष)

• kara-dāna-artham: for the purpose of collecting tribute
• kara-dāna-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन; purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; accusative of purpose; karadāna = ‘tax-giving/tribute’ (तत्पुरुष)

• eva: only / indeed
• eva: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle

• ca: and
• ca: Samucchaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction (समुच्चय)

• pṛthivī-bhū-bhujā: by the king (ruler of the earth)
• pṛthivī-bhū-bhujā: Karaṇa (करण; agent/instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक) + bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + bhuj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; ‘by the earth-king’ (pṛthivībhūbhuja = ‘ruler of the earth’, multi-member tatpuruṣa)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• pūrvam: previously
• pūrvam: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (क्रियाविशेषण), ‘formerly/previously’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle

• vinirjitā: was completely conquered
• vinirjitā: Kriyā (क्रिया; predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-nir-√ji (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; agrees with implied ‘pṛthivī’