Shloka 6

Vipula’s Guru-Obedience, Divine Flowers, and the Peril of Others’ Oaths (विपुलोपाख्यानम्—पुष्पप्राप्तिः शपथ-प्रसङ्गश्च)

Devanagari script

गावो नवतृणानीव गृह्नन्त्येता नवं नवम्‌ | शम्बरस्य च या माया माया या नमुचेरपि

Transliteration

gāvo navatṛṇānīva gṛhṇanty etā navaṁ navam | śambarasya ca yā māyā māyā yā namucer api ||

Translation

یُدھِشٹھِر نے کہا—“یہ (فریب کے ہنر) بار بار نئے نئے طور پر اختیار کیے جاتے ہیں—جیسے گائیں بار بار تازہ گھاس لیتی ہیں۔ ایسی ہی مایا شَمبَر کی تھی اور ایسی ہی مایا نَمُچی کی بھی تھی۔”

Word by Word

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• नव-तृणानि: fresh grasses
• नव-तृणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव + तृण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• गृह्णन्ति: take/seize
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• एताः: these (f.)
• एताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• नवम्: new (thing)
• नवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नवम्: new (again/ever anew)
• नवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शम्बरस्य: of Śambara
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्बर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• या: which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• माया: illusion/magic
• माया: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• माया: illusion/magic
• माया: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• या: which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नमुचेः: of Namuci
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमुचि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śambara
• Namuci
• cows
• fresh grass
• māyā (illusion/sorcery)