Shloka 16
Aśvamedha-saṃbhāra: Return of the Horse, Auspicious Timing, and Construction of the Yajña Enclosure
Devanagari script
इत्येतद्वचनाद् राजा विज्ञाप्यो मम मानद । यथा चात्ययिकं न स्याद् यदर्घ्याहरणे5भवत्
Translation
（说罢，他又对我说道：）“尊者啊，请代我禀告坚战王（尤提士提罗）：昔日罗阇苏耶大祭中，奉献阿尔伽（迎宾供水）时曾生变故；此番切莫再令那般意外发生。”
Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
वचनात्from (these) words; after this statement
वचनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootवचन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विज्ञाप्यःis to be informed
विज्ञाप्यः:
TypeVerb
Rootविज्ञाप्य (विज्ञाप् + य)
FormGerundive (future passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
ममof me; my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
मानदO giver of honor (epithet)
मानद:
TypeNoun
Rootमानद
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यथाso that; in such a way that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अत्ययिकम्accidental; untoward
अत्ययिकम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअत्ययिक
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
स्यात्may be; should be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
यत्which; that which
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अर्घ्यhonor-offering; arghya
अर्घ्य:
TypeNoun
Rootअर्घ्य
FormNeuter, Locative (in compound relation), Singular
आहरणेin the bringing/presenting
आहरणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआहरण
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अभवत्happened; occurred
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
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