Shloka 64

Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial

Devanagari script

काम्या शारद्वती चैव ननृतुस्तत्र सड्घश: । मेनका सहजन्या च कर्णिका पुज्जिकस्थला

Transliteration

kāmyā śāradvatī caiva nanṛtus tatra saṅghaśaḥ | menakā sahajanyā ca karṇikā puñjikāsthalā ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“在那里，天女迦弥雅（Kāmyā）与沙罗陀伐底（Śāradvatī）成群起舞；又有美那迦（Menakā）、萨哈迦尼雅（Sahajanyā）、羯尼迦（Karṇikā）与本吉迦斯塔拉（Puñjikāsthalā）。”

Word by Word

• काम्या: Kāmyā (a nymph)
• काम्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शारद्वती: Śāradvatī (a nymph)
• शारद्वती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शारद्वती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ननृतुः: danced
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

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

• सङ्घशः: in groups
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सङ्घशस्

• मेनका: Menakā
• मेनका: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेनका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सहजन्या: Sahajanyā (a nymph)
• सहजन्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहजन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कर्णिका: Karṇikā (a nymph)
• कर्णिका: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुज्जिकस्थला: Pujjikāsthalā (a nymph)
• पुज्जिकस्थला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुज्जिकस्थला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kāmyā
• Śāradvatī
• Menakā
• Sahajanyā
• Karṇikā
• Puñjikāsthalā
• Apsarases