Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English]

by Michael D Neely | 2017 | 105,064 words

The Sanskrit text and English translation of the Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira.

क्षेत्रधान्यगृहधेनुकलाज्ञो लाङ्गले सशकटे कुशलश्च ।
स्कन्धम् उद्वहति गोपतितुल्यं क्षुत्परोऽज वदनो मलवासा ॥ ५॥

kṣetradhānyagṛhadhenukalājño lāṅgale saśakaṭe kuśalaśca |
skandham udvahati gopatitulyaṃ kṣutparo'ja vadano malavāsā
|| 5||

Knowing in the arts, cows, home, grain, and fields, skillful with a cart and a plough, one carries their region from the neck to the shoulder-joint like a bull, very hungry, and the face of a ram, and a dirty home.

English translation by Michael D Neely (2007)

Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown

kṣetra = field
dhānya = grain gṛha = home
dhenu = cow kalā = the arts
jña = knowing
kṣetradhānyagṛhadhenukalājñas (stem form: kṣetradhānyagṛhadhenukalājña) (masculine, nominative, singular) = knowing in the arts, cows, home, grain, and fields
lāṅgale (stem form: lāṅgala) (neuter, locative, singular) = in a plough
sa = with
śakaṭa = cart
saśakaṭe (stem form: saśakaṭa) (masculine, locative, singular) = in with a cart
kuśalas (stem form: kuśala) (masculine, nominative, singular) = skillful
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
skandham (stem form: skandha) (masculine, accusative, singular) = region from the neck to the shoulder-joint
udvahati (ud + 1st class verb root: vah) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular) = one carries
gopati = bull
tulya = like
gopatitulyam (stem form: gopatitulya) (masculine, accusative, singular) = like a bull
kṣudh = hungry
para = very
kṣutparas (stem form: kṣutpara) (masculine, nominative, singular) = very hungry
aja = ram
vadana = face
ajavadanas (stem form: ajavadana) (masculine, nominative, singular) = face of a ram
mala = dirty
vāsā = home
malavāsā (stem form: malavāsā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = dirty home

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (27.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshetra, Dha, Dhani, Dhanin, Dhanya, Agriha, Dhenuka, Ajna, Langala, Langali, Shakata, Shakati, Kushala, Skandha, Udvahat, Gopat, Tulyam, Tulya, Kshutpara, Aja, Mala, Vasa,

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 27.5

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Brihat Jātaka of Varāhamihira
by Michael D Neely (2007)

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