Shloka 18

Bhīṣma Parva, Adhyāya 4 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Vyāsa Saṃvāda on Kāla and Jayalakṣaṇa

Signs of Victory

Devanagari script

गौरजाविमनुष्याश्च अश्वाश्वतरगर्दभा:

Translation

三阇耶说道：牛、山羊、绵羊、人、马、骡与驴——这七种动物，被贤者称为“居村者”。大王啊，如此居村者与居林者合并，总计便说为十四种动物。

Word by Word

• gaura: cows (gaura = cow/ox kind)
• gaura: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaura
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ajāḥ: goats
• ajāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajā
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• vimanuṣyāḥ: non-human beings
• vimanuṣyāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimanuṣya
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• aśvāḥ: horses
• aśvāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśva
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• aśvataragardabhāḥ: mules and donkeys
• aśvataragardabhāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvatara + gardabha
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच