Shloka 25

Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa

Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment

Devanagari script

तमब्रवीत्‌ तथा शंखस्तीव्ररोषसमन्वित: । स्तेयं त्वया कृतमिदं फलान्याददता स्वयम्‌,तब शंखने तीव्र रोषमें भरकर कहा--“तुमने मुझसे पूछे बिना स्वयं ही फल लेकर यह चोरी की है

Transliteration

tam abravīt tathā Śaṅkhas tīvra-roṣa-samanvitaḥ | steyaṃ tvayā kṛtam idaṃ phalāny ādadatā svayam ||

Translation

تب شَنکھ نے سخت غصّے میں کہا— “تم نے بغیر پوچھے خود ہی پھل اٹھا لیے؛ یہ چوری ہے جو تم نے کی ہے۔”

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शङ्खः: Śaṅkha (name of a person)
• शङ्खः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तीव्र: intense
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• रोष: anger
• रोष: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• समन्वितः: endowed with/filled with
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (समन्वित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्तेयम्: theft
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कृतम्: done/committed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कृत)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• आददता: while taking
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (आददत्)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular, Present participle (शतृ/शानच्), parasmaipada-base

• स्वयम्: oneself/by oneself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkha
• fruits (phalāni)