Shloka 59

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

मीनभावमनुप्राप्ता बभूव यमुनाचरी । श्येनपादपरि भ्रष्ट तद्‌ वीर्यमथ वासवम्‌

Transliteration

mīna-bhāvam anuprāptā babhūva yamunā-carī | śyena-pāda-pari-bhraṣṭaṃ tad vīryam atha vāsavam |

Translation

یمنا میں رہنے والی وہ اپسرا شاپ کے باعث مچھلی کے حال کو پہنچ گئی تھی۔ اسی وقت باز کے پنجوں سے چھوٹا ہوا واسَو (اِندر) سے منسوب وہ بیج یمنا میں گر پڑا۔

Word by Word

• मीनभावम्: the state of being a fish
• मीनभावम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मीनभाव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुप्राप्ता: having attained/reached
• अनुप्राप्ता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्राप्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• बभूव: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यमुनाचरी: one who dwelt/moved in the Yamunā
• यमुनाचरी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुनाचरिन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• श्येनपादपरि: from/at the hawk’s foot/claw (around the hawk’s foot)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्येनपाद + परि
• Form: Preverb/Adverb (परि) with noun-compound base

• भ्रष्ट: fallen/dropped
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रंश्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वीर्यम्: semen/virile essence
• वीर्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ
• Form: Particle

• वासवम्: belonging to Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवम्: Viśeṣaṇa (of वीर्यम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yamunā (river)
• Adrikā (Apsaras in fish-form)
• Śyena (hawk)
• Vāsava/Indra
• Fishermen (matsyajīvinaḥ)