Shloka 54

Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant

Devanagari script

गौतम उवाच रथन्तरं यत्र बृहच्च गीयते यत्र वेदी पुण्डरीकैस्तृणोति । यत्रोपयाति हरिभि: सोमपीथी तत्र त्वाहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये

Transliteration

gautama uvāca | rathantaraṃ yatra bṛhacca gīyate yatra vedī puṇḍarīkais tṛṇoti | yatro payāti haribhiḥ somapīthī tatra tvāhaṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye ||

Translation

گوتَم نے کہا—جہاں رَتھَنتر اور بُرہَت سام گائے جاتے ہیں، جہاں ویدی سفید کنولوں سے ڈھانپی جاتی ہے، اور جہاں سَوم پینے والا دیویہ ہریوں (اشووں) کے سہارے سفر کرتا ہے—اسی مقام پر میں جا کر تم سے اپنا ہاتھی واپس لے لوں گا۔

Word by Word

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रथन्तरम्: the Rathantara (Sāman)
• रथन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• बृहत्: the Bṛhat (Sāman)
• बृहत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• गीयते: is sung
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada (Passive)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• वेदी: the altar
• वेदी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्डरीकैः: with lotuses
• पुण्डरीकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीक
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तृणोति: covers, strews
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृ
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• उपयाति: approaches, goes
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हरिभिः: with the bay steeds (of Indra)
• हरिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सोमपीथी: the Soma-drinker
• सोमपीथी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोमपीथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• हस्तिनम्: elephant
• हस्तिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यातयिष्ये: I will cause to go / I will drive away / I will take away
• Type: Verb
• Root: यातय्
• Form: Future, 1st, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

गौतम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Rathantara (Sāman)
• Bṛhat (Sāman)
• Vedi (sacrificial altar)
• Puṇḍarīka (white lotus)
• Soma
• Hari (divine steeds/Harīs)
• Elephant