Shloka 11
अग्राह्य-ज्ञातिसंबन्धमण्डल-विवेचनम् / Managing Unreadable Kinship Networks: Vāsudeva–Nārada on Cohesion
Devanagari script
सो<5हं कितवमातेव द्वयोरपि महामते । एकस्य जयमाशंसे द्वितीयस्यापराजयम्
Transliteration
so 'haṃ kitavamāteva dvayor api mahāmate | ekasya jayam āśaṃse dvitīyasya aparājayam, mahāmate ||
Translation
风神伐由说道：“贤者啊，我如同两个赌徒的母亲：我盼一人得胜，却不愿另一人败北。同样，对于这两位善友，我愿一方成功，却不愿另一方覆亡。”
Word by Word
सःhe/that (I, in context)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
कितव-माताa gambler's mother
कितव-माता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकितव + माता
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
द्वयोःof two
द्वयोः:
TypeNumeral
Rootद्वि
Form—, Genitive, Dual
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
महामतेO great-minded one
महामते:
TypeNoun
Rootमहामति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
एकस्यof one
एकस्य:
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
जयम्victory
जयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आशंसेI desire/hope for
आशंसे:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-शंस्
FormPresent, Indicative, First, Singular, Atmanepada
द्वितीयस्यof the second
द्वितीयस्य:
TypeAdjective (ordinal)
Rootद्वितीय
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अपराजयम्non-defeat (i.e., not wishing defeat)
अपराजयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअपराजय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
महामतेO great-minded one
महामते:
TypeNoun
Rootमहामति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)T
two gamblers (as a simile)T
two well-wishers/friends (implied by the prose gloss)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
One may support a just outcome or a loved one’s success without cultivating hatred or a desire for the other side’s ruin; ethical intention avoids malice even amid rivalry.
Vāyu explains his stance through a homely simile: like a mother torn between two gambling sons, he can wish one party’s victory while still not wishing the other party’s defeat, expressing compassionate neutrality toward both.