Shloka 27

Keśinī’s Inquiry to Bāhuka and the Emotional Signs of Concealed Identity (केशिन्याः बाहुकपरीक्षा)

Devanagari script

बाहुकस्तमुवाचाथ देहि विद्यामिमां मम । मत्तोडपि चाश्वह्नदयं गृहाण पुरुषर्षभ,बाहुकने कहा--'पुरुषश्रेष्ठ) तुम यह विद्या मुझे बतला दो और बदलेमें मुझसे भी अश्व-विद्याका रहस्य ग्रहण कर लो”

Transliteration

bāhukastam uvācātha dehi vidyām imāṁ mama | matto 'pi cāśvahṛdayaṁ gṛhāṇa puruṣarṣabha ||

Translation

于是婆呼迦对他说：“请将你的这门学问传授于我。作为回报，至善之人啊，也请收下我所知的马学秘要——驭马之术。”

Word by Word

• बाहुकः: Bāhuka (proper name)
• बाहुकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• देहि: give (tell/grant)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विद्याम्: knowledge/skill
• विद्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मम: to me / of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मतः: from me
• मतः: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Ablative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

• अश्वह्नदयम्: the secret/essence of horse(-science) (reading uncertain)
• अश्वह्नदयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वह्नदय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गृहाण: take/accept
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरुषर्षभ: O bull among men (best of men)
• पुरुषर्षभ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

बृहदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bāhuka
• puruṣarṣabha (honorific addressee)
• vidyā (knowledge)
• aśvahṛdaya (horsemanship/horse-lore)