Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अपि नस्तद्‌ भवेद्‌ भूयो यद्‌ वयं ब्राह्मणैः सह | समस्ता: स्वेषु राष्ट्रेषु स्वराज्यस्था भवेमहि,“क्या हमारे सामने फिर कभी ऐसा अवसर आयेगा, जब कि हम सब भाई ब्राह्मणोंके साथ अपने राष्ट्रमें रहेंगे--अपने राज्यपर प्रतिष्ठित होंगे”

Transliteration

api nas tad bhaved bhūyo yad vayaṁ brāhmaṇaiḥ saha | samastāḥ sveṣu rāṣṭreṣu svarājyasthā bhavemahi |

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：“我们可还会再有那一天吗——我们众兄弟同在一处，与婆罗门们一道居于各自的国土之中，稳固地安立在本应属于我们的正当王权之上？”

Word by Word

• अपि: indeed; perhaps; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• नः: of us / for us
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• तत्: that (thing/event)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: may be / might happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भूयः: again; once more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• यत्: which (that which)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणैः: with Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Sahartha (Instrumental of accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• समस्ताः: all (together)
• समस्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वेषु: in our own
• स्वेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• राष्ट्रेषु: in (our) kingdoms/realms
• राष्ट्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• स्वराज्यस्थाः: established in our own sovereignty/kingdom
• स्वराज्यस्थाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वराज्यस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भवेमहि: may we be / might we become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 1st, Plural, Atmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• brāhmaṇas
• rāṣṭra (kingdom/realm)
• svarājya (one’s own sovereignty)