Shloka 14

Adhyāya 32: Rājasūya-Dīkṣā and Appointment of Court Offices (राजसूयदीक्षा तथा अधिकारविनियोगः)

Devanagari script

स चास्य गतभी राजन्‌ प्रतिजग्राह शासनम्‌ | तत: शाकलमभ्येत्य मद्राणां पुटभेदनम्‌

Transliteration

sa cāsya gatabhī rājan pratijagrāha śāsanam | tataḥ śākalam abhyetya madrāṇāṃ puṭabhedanam mātulaṃ prītipūrveṇa śalyaṃ cakre vaśe balī |

Translation

اے راجَن! وہ خوف سے آزاد ہو کر نکُل کے حکم کو قبول کر گیا۔ پھر شاکل کو فتح کر کے طاقتور نکُل مَدرَوں کی راجدھانی پُٹبھیدن میں داخل ہوا اور وہاں اپنے ماموں شَلیہ کو بھی محض محبت کے ساتھ اپنے اثر میں لے آیا۔

Word by Word

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

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

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• गतभीः: fearless (lit. fear gone)
• गतभीः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतभी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्रतिजग्राह: accepted
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शासनम्: command / rule / order
• शासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• शाकलम्: Śākala (city/region)
• शाकलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाकल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्येत्य: having approached / having gone to
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-इ
• Form: क्त्वा (gerund), Parasmaipada

• मद्राणाम्: of the Madras
• मद्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पुटभेदनम्: the breaking/opening of the (city-)enclosure; conquest (of the capital)
• पुटभेदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुट-भेदन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मातुलम्: maternal uncle
• मातुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रीतिपूर्वेण: with affection / out of love
• प्रीतिपूर्वेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीति-पूर्व
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शल्यम्: Śalya
• शल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• चक्रे: made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• वशे: under control / in subjection
• वशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बली: the strong one
• बली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya (implied by rājan)
• Nakula
• Śākala
• Madra (Madrāḥ)
• Puṭabhedana
• Śalya