Shloka 124

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ निष्कान्‌ सदसि प्रतते नृपः । तुभ्यं निष्क तुभ्यं निष्कमिति क्रोशन्ति वै द्विजा:

Transliteration

brāhmaṇebhyo dadau niṣkān sadasi pratate nṛpaḥ | tubhyaṃ niṣka tubhyaṃ niṣkam iti krośanti vai dvijāḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu nói: “Trong triều đình nhà vua khi hội tụ đông đủ, nhà vua phân phát niṣka (đồ trang sức/tiền vàng) cho các Bà-la-môn. Và những bậc ‘nhị sinh’ cứ reo lên: ‘Một niṣka cho ngài! Một niṣka cho ngài!’—khi lễ vật được chia phần.”

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निष्कान्: gold ornaments/coins (niṣkas)
• निष्कान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्क
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सदसि: in the assembly
• सदसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रतते: spread out, extended
• प्रतते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-तन् (विस्तारे)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta) used adjectivally

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• निष्क: a niṣka (gold piece)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• निष्कम्: a niṣka (gold piece)
• निष्कम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्क
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus, saying
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• क्रोशन्ति: shout, cry out
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश् (आह्वाने/क्रोशने)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu)
• नृप (the king)
• ब्राह्मण (Brahmins)
• द्विज (twice-born)
• निष्क (niṣka, gold gift/ornament)
• सदस् (royal assembly/court)