Shloka 13

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

तुष्टा द्विजातयश्चात्र दानैर्बहुविधैरपि । क्षत्रियाश्व सुयुद्धेन श्राद्धैश्षापि पितामहा:

Transliteration

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | tuṣṭā dvijātayaś cātra dānair bahuvidhair api | kṣatriyāś ca suyuddhena śrāddhaiś cāpi pitāmahāḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana nói: “Tại đây, hàng ‘nhị sinh’ được làm thỏa lòng bằng nhiều loại bố thí; các kṣatriya được thỏa lòng bằng chiến trận xuất sắc; và tổ tiên được thỏa lòng bằng các lễ śrāddha.”

Word by Word

• तुष्टाः: satisfied/pleased
• तुष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (√तुष्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्विजातयः: twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• द्विजातयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• दानैः: by gifts/donations
• दानैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बहुविधैः: of many kinds
• बहुविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• क्षत्रियाः: Kshatriyas
• क्षत्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• सुयुद्धेन: by excellent battle/fighting
• सुयुद्धेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• श्राद्धैः: by śrāddha rites
• श्राद्धैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

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

• पितामहाः: grandfathers/ancestors
• पितामहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• dvijātayaḥ (twice-born)
• kṣatriyāḥ
• pitāmahāḥ (ancestors)
• dāna (gifts)
• śrāddha (ancestral rite)
• yuddha (battle)