Shloka 9

Keśinī’s Inquiry to Bāhuka and the Emotional Signs of Concealed Identity (केशिन्याः बाहुकपरीक्षा)

Devanagari script

वृक्षेडस्मिन्‌ यानि पर्णानि फलान्यपि च बाहुक | पतितान्यपि यान्यत्र तत्रैकमधिकं शतम्‌

Transliteration

vṛkṣe 'smin yāni parṇāni phalāny api ca bāhuka | patitāny api yāny atra tatraikam adhikaṃ śatam ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva nói: “Hỡi Bāhuka, lá và quả của cây này—kể cả những chiếc đã rụng xuống đây—tổng cộng là một trăm lẻ một.”

Word by Word

• वृक्षे: on/in the tree
• वृक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• इदस्मिन्: in this
• इदस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• पर्णानि: leaves
• पर्णानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

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

• बाहुक: O Bāhuka (vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहुक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पतितानि: fallen
• पतितानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• एकम्: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अधिकम्: more/additional
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• शतम्: a hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

बृहदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• Bāhuka
• tree
• leaves
• fruits

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights careful observation and precise reckoning—counting not only what is visible on the tree but also what has fallen—suggesting thoroughness and accuracy in judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhadaśva addresses Bāhuka and states a specific count of the tree’s leaves and fruits, explicitly including those that have fallen, as part of an instructive exchange.