Shloka 15

कपोती-विलापः स्वर्गसंयोगश्च

The Dove’s Lament and Celestial Reunion

Devanagari script

स वै क्षारकमादाय द्विजान्‌ हत्वा वने सदा | चकार विक्रयं तेषां पतज्ञानां जनाधिप,नरेश्वर! वह प्रतिदिन जाल लेकर वनमें जाता और बहुत-से पक्षियोंको मारकर उन्हें बाजारमें बेंच दिया करता था

Transliteration

sa vai kṣārakam ādāya dvijān hatvā vane sadā | cakāra vikrayaṃ teṣāṃ patagjñānāṃ janādhipa, nareśvara ||

Translation

毗湿摩说：大王啊，那人携带捕鸟之网，日日入林，杀鸟无数，复将那些有翼之生灵售卖取利——此处所示，乃为利而行、缺乏克制的可责生计。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• क्षारकम्: a net/snare (hunting implement)
• क्षारकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षारक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• द्विजान्: birds (lit. twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हत्वा: having killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• चकार: did/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विक्रयम्: sale/selling
• विक्रयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पतगानाम्: of the birds
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• जनाधिप: O ruler of people
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• janādhipa (the king addressed, likely Yudhishthira in context)
• nareśvara (the king addressed)
• forest (vana)
• bird-snare/net (kṣāraka)
• birds (dvija/pataga)