Shloka 19

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

यन्मयोक्तमिदं वाक्‍्यं युष्माभिश्नाप्युपश्रुतम्‌ । सन्तुप्रस्थेन वो नाय॑ यज्ञस्तुल्यो द्विजर्षभा:

Translation

Ang salitang sinabi ko, na inyong napakinggan nang malinaw—na: “O mga pinakadakilang dwija! ang yajña ninyo ay hindi man lamang maihahambing kahit sa munting pag-aalay ng sattu (inihaw na harina) na ibinigay ng isang brāhmaṇa na namumuhay sa uccavṛtti”—iyan ang tunay na inyong narinig.

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• उक्तम्: said/spoken
• उक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: वच्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वाक्यम्: statement/utterance
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• युष्माभिः: by you (all)
• युष्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Plural

• नापि: not even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न + अपि

• उपश्रुतम्: heard/listened to
• उपश्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: श्रु (उप-श्रु)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सन्तु: let them be / may they be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Plural

• उप्रस्थेन: with/through (a) measure/quantity (reading uncertain)
• उप्रस्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप्रस्थ
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वः: to you / of you
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive/Dative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञः: sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुल्यः: equal
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विजर्षभाः: O best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

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