Shloka 9

जनक–ब्राह्मणसंवादः

Viṣaya, Mamatva, and Self-Mastery

Devanagari script

नाधिगच्छं यदा पृथ्व्यां मिथिला मार्गिता मया । नाध्यगच्छं यदा तस्यां स्वप्रजा मार्गिता मया

Transliteration

nādhigacchaṃ yadā pṛthvyāṃ mithilā mārgitā mayā | nādhyagacchaṃ yadā tasyāṃ svaprajā mārgitā mayā ||

Translation

阇那迦说道：“当我在大地上寻觅弥提罗时，却寻之不得；而当我在那弥提罗之中寻觅自己的子民时，也同样寻之不得。”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• adhigaccham: I found / I reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi√gam
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 1st, singular, Parasmaipada

• yada: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā

• pṛthivyām: on the earth
• pṛthivyām: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• mithilā: Mithilā
• mithilā: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: mithilā
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• mārgitā: sought / searched for
• Type: Verb
• Root: mārgita
• Form: past passive participle (kta), feminine, nominative, singular

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: instrumental, singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• adhyagaccham: I found / I reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi√gam
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 1st, singular, Parasmaipada

• yada: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā

• tasyām: in that (place/land)
• tasyām: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• sva-prajā: one's own subjects/people
• sva-prajā: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + prajā
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• mārgitā: sought / searched for
• Type: Verb
• Root: mārgita
• Form: past passive participle (kta), feminine, nominative, singular

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: instrumental, singular

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• Mithilā
• pṛthvī (the earth)
• svaprajā (subjects/people)