Shloka 90

The Discourse of Rukmāṅgada

Prabodhinī Ekādaśī, Kārtika-vrata, and Satya-dharma

Devanagari script

अश्वमेधसहस्रेभ्यः सत्यमेव विशिष्यते । मदिरापानतुल्येन कर्मणा लिप्यसेऽनृतात् ॥ ९० ॥

Transliteration

aśvamedhasahasrebhyaḥ satyameva viśiṣyate | madirāpānatulyena karmaṇā lipyase'nṛtāt || 90 ||

Translation

Chỉ riêng Chân Thật còn thù thắng hơn cả ngàn lễ tế Aśvamedha. Do hành vi dối trá, người ta bị vấy nhiễm nghiệp như kẻ uống rượu say.

Word by Word

• aśvamedha-sahasrebhyaḥ: than thousands of Aśvamedha sacrifices
• aśvamedha-sahasrebhyaḥ: Apadana (अपादान/comparison source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvamedha (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (aśvamedhānām sahasrebhyaḥ)

• satyam: truth
• satyam: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• eva: alone / indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/restriction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Restrictive particle (अवधारण-निपात)

• viśiṣyate: is superior
• viśiṣyate: Kriya (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-śiṣ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular, Ātmanepada; intransitive/passive-like sense “is superior/distinguished”

• madirā-pāna-tulyena: by (a deed) equal to drinking liquor
• madirā-pāna-tulyena: Karana (करण/instrumental of comparison/means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madirā (प्रातिपदिक) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक) + tulya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (madirāyāḥ pānena tulyena)

• karmaṇā: by an act
• karmaṇā: Karana (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• lipyase: you are tainted
• lipyase: Kriya (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: lip (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular, Ātmanepada; passive sense “you are tainted/smeared”

• anṛtāt: from falsehood / by untruth
• anṛtāt: Apadana (अपादान/source-cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular

Speaker

Unspecified (gnomic/aphoristic verse; speaker not indicated in the excerpt).

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Characters & Entities

• Aśvamedha
• satya (truth)
• anṛta (falsehood)
• madirā (intoxicating liquor)

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