Shloka 3

Brahmopadeśa: Adhipatitva-kathana, Dharma-lakṣaṇa, and Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña Viveka

Book 14, Chapter 43

Devanagari script

न्यग्रोधो जम्बुवृक्षश्ष पिप्पल: शाल्मलिस्तथा । शिंशपा मेषशृज्ञश्न तथा कीचकवेणव:

Transliteration

nyagrodho jambuvṛkṣaś ca pippalaḥ śālmalis tathā | śiṃśapā meṣaśṛṅgī ca tathā kīcakaveṇavaḥ ||

Translation

วายุเทพตรัสว่า “นยโครธะ (ไทร), ต้นชัมพุ, ปิปปละ (อัศวัตถะ) และศาลมลี; อีกทั้งศิงศปา เมษศฤงคี และไผ่กีจกะ”

Word by Word

• न्यग्रोधः: banyan tree
• न्यग्रोधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यग्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जम्बुवृक्षः: jambu tree (rose-apple tree)
• जम्बुवृक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बुवृक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पिप्पलः: pippala (sacred fig) tree
• पिप्पलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शाल्मलिः: śālmali (silk-cotton) tree
• शाल्मलिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल्मलि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शिंशपा: śiṃśapā tree (Indian rosewood)
• शिंशपा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिंशपा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मेषशृङ्गः: meṣaśṛṅga (a plant/tree; lit. 'ram's horn')
• मेषशृङ्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेषशृङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कीचकवेणवः: kīcaka bamboos/reeds
• कीचकवेणवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीचकवेणु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Wind-god)
• Nyagrodha (banyan tree)
• Jambu tree
• Pippala (Aśvattha) tree
• Śālmali tree
• Śiṃśapā tree
• Meṣaśṛṅgī (plant)
• Kīcaka bamboo (veṇu)