Shloka 12

Nārada’s Exempla of Tapas and Assurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (नारदोपदेशः—तपःसिद्ध्युदाहरणम्)

Devanagari script

ततः स राजा प्रददौ तापसार्थमुपाहतान्‌ | कलशान्‌ काज्चनान्‌ राजंस्तथैवौदुम्बरानपि

Transliteration

tataḥ sa rājā pradadau tāpasārtham upāhatān | kalaśān kāñcanān rājaṁs tathaivaudumbarān api ||

Translation

تب بادشاہ نے زاہدوں کے فائدے کے لیے لائے گئے برتن بانٹ دیے—سونے کے کلش اور اسی طرح تانبے (اودُمبَر) کے کلش بھی۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रददौ: gave, bestowed
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तापसार्थम्: for the ascetics (for the sake of ascetics)
• तापसार्थम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपाहतान्: brought, presented (items brought)
• उपाहतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + आ + हृ (उपाहृत)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कलशान्: pots, pitchers
• कलशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• काञ्चनान्: golden
• काञ्चनान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• औदुम्बरान्: made of udumbara wood
• औदुम्बरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: औदुम्बर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• tāpasa (ascetics)
• kalaśa (pitchers/vessels)
• kāñcana (gold)
• audumbara (copper vessels)