Shloka 231

Devanagari script

लालप्यमानमेकैकं जरितां च पुन: पुनः । न चैवोचुस्तदा किंचित्‌ तमृषिं साध्वसाधु वा

Transliteration

lālapyamānam ekaikaṃ jaritāṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ | na caivocustadā kiṃcit tamṛṣiṃ sādhvasādhu vā ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：那位仙人一会儿为这一件事哀叹，一会儿又为那一件事哀叹，并且反复呼唤阇利塔；然而在那时，他们对那位圣仙一句话也不说，既不称许，也不责难。

Word by Word

• लालप्यमानम्: being addressed/entreated (repeatedly)
• लालप्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लालप्यमान (लालप् धातु, कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकैकम्: each one (individually)
• एकैकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकैक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जरिताम्: the bards/panegyrists
• जरिताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरिता (√जॄ/जृ, ‘to praise/sing’; agent noun)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• एव: indeed/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ऊचुः: they said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किञ्चित्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषिम्: the sage
• ऋषिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• साधु: well/rightly; ‘good’
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु

• असाधु: ill/wrongly; ‘not good’
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असाधु

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Jaritā
• ṛṣi (unnamed sage)