Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच अरणीसहितं हास्य ब्राह्मणस्य हृतं॑ मया । मृगवेषेण कौन्तेय जिज्ञासार्थ तव प्रभो

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca araṇīsahitaṃ hāsya brāhmaṇasya hṛtaṃ mayā | mṛgaveṣeṇa kaunteya jijñāsārthaṃ tava prabho ||

Translation

夜叉说道：“我夺走了那婆罗门的取火钻木器（阿罗尼）以及引火柴。噢，昆蒂之子啊，我化作鹿形而为此，只为试探你的明悟，主上。”

Word by Word

• यक्षः: the Yaksha
• यक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• अरणी: with the fire-stick (arani)
• अरणी: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरणी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सहितम्: together with, accompanied by
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हास्यम्: a laughable thing / jest (here: the object taken)
• हास्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हास्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of the Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• हृतम्: taken away, stolen
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• मृगवेषेण: in/with the guise of a deer
• मृगवेषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगवेष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जिज्ञासार्थम्: for the purpose of testing/inquiring
• जिज्ञासार्थम्: Prayojana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिज्ञासा-अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• प्रभो: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)
• Brāhmaṇa (the Brahmin)
• Araṇī (fire-drill set)
• Mṛga (deer disguise)