Shloka 37

Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)

Devanagari script

ये चैव पुरुषा: स्त्रीभिर्गीतवाद्यैरुपस्थिता: । ये चानाथा: परान्नादा: कालस्तेषु समक्रिय:

Transliteration

ye caiva puruṣāḥ strībhir gītavādyair upasthitāḥ | ye cānāthāḥ parānnādāḥ kālas teṣu samakriyaḥ ||

Translation

阇那迦说道：“或是富人，众女歌舞、丝竹侍从；或是孤苦无依、仰人施食者——时间对他们一概同等施行其力。”

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुरुषाः: men/persons
• पुरुषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्त्रीभिः: by/with women
• स्त्रीभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• गीतवाद्यैः: with songs and musical instruments
• गीतवाद्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत-वाद्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• उपस्थिताः: present/attending
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-स्था (उपस्थित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अनाथाः: helpless/orphaned
• अनाथाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परान्नादाः: living on others' food
• परान्नादाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर-अन्न-आद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कालः: Time (Death)
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेषु: among/in them
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• समक्रियः: acting equally/impartial in action
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम-क्रिय (समक्रिय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• kāla (Time)