Shloka 17

Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage

Devanagari script

तस्य नित्यं सदा5<षाढ्यां माघ्यां च बहवो द्विजा: । ईप्सितं भोजनवरं लभन्ते सत्कृतं सदा,उसके यहाँ आषाढ़ और माघकी पूर्णिमाको सदा बहुत-से ब्राह्मण सत्कारपूर्वक अपनी इच्छाके अनुसार उत्तम भोजन पाते थे

Transliteration

tasya nityaṁ sadā āṣāḍhyāṁ māghyāṁ ca bahavo dvijāḥ | īpsitaṁ bhojana-varaṁ labhante satkṛtaṁ sadā ||

Translation

اُس کے گھر آषاڑھ اور ماگھ کی پورنیما کے دن ہمیشہ بہت سے برہمن نہایت احترام کے ساتھ خاطر تواضع پاتے اور اپنی خواہش کے مطابق عمدہ کھانا حاصل کرتے تھے۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/at his (place)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नित्यम्: always, regularly
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• आषाढ्याम्: on (the full-moon day) in Āṣāḍha
• आषाढ्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• माघ्याम्: on (the full-moon day) in Māgha
• माघ्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्विजाः: twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ईप्सितम्: desired, wished-for
• ईप्सितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोजनवरम्: excellent food
• भोजनवरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन-वर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभन्ते: they obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• सत्कृतम्: honored, respectfully offered
• सत्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brahmins (dvijāḥ)
• Āṣāḍha (month)
• Māgha (month)
• food/meal (bhojana)