Shloka 38

Sāttvata–Vṛṣṇi–Andhaka Vamśa

Genealogical Enumeration of the Yādava Clans

Devanagari script

स तु प्रोसेनो मृगयामचरद्यत्र चाप्यथ / प्रसेनस्य पदं ग्राह्यं पुरं पौराप्तकारिभिः

Transliteration

sa tu proseno mṛgayāmacaradyatra cāpyatha / prasenasya padaṃ grāhyaṃ puraṃ paurāptakāribhiḥ

Translation

وہ پروسین جہاں کہیں بھی شکار کرتا پھرتا تھا؛ اور پروسین کے قدموں کے نشان شہر والوں کے لیے پیروی کے قابل تھے۔

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• tu: but
• tu: Avyaya (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), contrastive

• prosenaḥ: Prosena
• prosenaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prosena (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• mṛgayām: hunting
• mṛgayām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛgayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (fem.), Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; ‘hunt/chase’ as object

• acarat: went about/practised
• acarat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (लङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, deśa-vācaka (relative adverb: where)

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Avyaya (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), also/even

• atha: then
• atha: Avyaya (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta, sequence marker (then/now)

• prasenasya: of Prasena
• prasenasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasena (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana

• padam: footprint/track
• padam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (1st/2nd) Ekavacana; here as object ‘track/footprint’

• grāhyam: to be identified/recognized
• grāhyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: grah (धातु) + yat (यत्)
• Form: Kṛtya (gerundive/future passive participle), Napuṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; ‘to be taken/recognized’

• puram: to the city
• puram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• paurāpta-kāribhiḥ: by the city-informants/messengers
• paurāpta-kāribhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paura (प्रातिपदिक) + āpta (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana; तत्पुरुषः (pauraiḥ āptāḥ kāriṇaḥ = those who do/bring news to citizens)