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Esther 3 इष्टेरोपाख्यानम् 3

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1

च्पनन्तरंcpanantaraṃ नरपतिरnarapatira इस्वेisve राrā इम्मिदाथाःimmidāthāḥ सुतस्यागागीयक्ामनस्यsutasyāgāgīyakāmanasya पदम्padam
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cpanantaraṃ narapatira isve rā immidāthāḥ sutasyāgāgīyakāmanasya padam

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
2

रघयित्वाraghayitvā तम्tam उन्नतंunnataṃ चकारca·kā·ra निजसड़िनांnijasar̤ināṃ निखिलकुलीनानाम्nikhilakulīnānām खासनानाम्khāsanānām उपरिष्टात्upariṣṭāt तदीयमासनंtadīyamāsanaṃ स्थापयाच्चकारsthāpayāccakāra चca।
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raghayitvā tam unnataṃ cakāra nijasar̤ināṃ nikhilakulīnānām khāsanānām upariṣṭāt tadīyamāsanaṃ sthāpayāccakāra ca|

And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
3

तेनte·na राजदारवत्तिनःrājadāravattinaḥ सर्व्वंsar·vaṃ राजकोयदासाrājakoyadāsā श्चूमि्ाścūmiā भवन्तोbhavanto हामनंhāmanaṃ प्रणन्तुम्pra·ṇan·tum खारेभिरेkhārebhire यतेya·te राजाrā·jā तम्tam उद्दिश्यud·diś·ya तादृग्tā·dṛg आदिदोशādidośa, किन्तुkin·tu मदिखयोmadikhayo भ्रमिछाbhramichā नna भवतिbha·va·ti नna चca तंtaṃ प्रणमतिpra·ṇa·ma·ti। तेनte·na राजदारवत्तिनाrājadāravattinā राrā जभृव्याjabhṛvyā मदिखयंmadikhayaṃ जगदुःja·ga·duḥ,
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tena rājadāravattinaḥ sarvvaṃ rājakoyadāsā ścūmiā bhavanto hāmanaṃ praṇantum khārebhire yate rājā tam uddiśya tādṛg ādidośa, kintu madikhayo bhramichā na bhavati na ca taṃ praṇamati| tena rājadāravattinā rā jabhṛvyā madikhayaṃ jagaduḥ,

Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?
4

त्वंtvaṃ नरपतेnarapate निदेशंni·de·śaṃ कुतोku·to लङ्खयसेlaṅkhayase? इत्थंit·thaṃ तेte प्रत्यहंprat·ya·haṃ तंव्याहसन्तिtaṃvyāhasanti तथापिta·thā·pi सsa तेषांte·ṣāṃ वचांसिनvacāṃsina एएह्नातिeehnāti तताta·tā मदिंखयेmadiṃkhaye विह्ृदीवvihṛdīva इतिi·ti तस्यtas·ya प्रमुखाद्pramukhād विज्ञायvij·ñā·ya तदीयवाक्यानिtadīyavākyāni निश्चलानिniścalāni नna वेतिve·ti निष्छेतुniṣchetu तेte दामनdāmana तत्tat ज्ञापयामासःjñāpayāmāsaḥ।

tvaṃ narapate nideśaṃ kuto laṅkhayase? itthaṃ te pratyahaṃ taṃvyāhasanti tathāpi sa teṣāṃ vacāṃsina eehnāti tatā madiṃkhaye vihṛdīva iti tasya pramukhād vijñāya tadīyavākyāni niścalāni na veti niṣchetu te dāmana tat jñāpayāmāsaḥ|

Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
5

अपरa·pa·ra मदिखयोmadikhayo भदमिछोbhadamicho भवनbhavana मांmāṃ नna प्रणमतीतिpraṇamatīti वीच्तमाणोvīctamāṇo इामनःiāmanaḥ कोपेनkopena परिपूणाparipūṇā बश्रूवbaśrūva।
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apara madikhayo bhadamicho bhavana māṃ na praṇamatīti vīctamāṇo iāmanaḥ kopena paripūṇā baśrūva|

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
6

अपरःa·pa·raḥ मदिंखयोmadiṃkhayo यिज्ञदीयजातिरित्यवगस्यyijñadīyajātirityavagasya क्ामनःkāmanaḥ केवलke·va·la मदिखयंmadikhayaṃ प्रतिpra·ti कस्तापंणंkastāpaṃṇaṃ लघुla·ghu विज्ञायाइ्खेरस्यvijñāyāikherasya राधोrādho निखिलेnikhile सादंsādaṃ मदिखयस्यmadikhayasya स्वजातीयान्sva·jā·tī·yān निखिलानnikhilāna यिद्कदीवलाकान्yidkadīvalākān व्यापादयितुंvyāpādayituṃ येतेyete।
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aparaḥ madiṃkhayo yijñadīyajātirityavagasya kāmanaḥ kevala madikhayaṃ prati kastāpaṃṇaṃ laghu vijñāyāikherasya rādho nikhile sādaṃ madikhayasya svajātīyān nikhilāna yidkadīvalākān vyāpādayituṃ yete|

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
7

अपरम्a·pa·ram एतदधिe·ta·da·dhi नृपतेरहखेरस्यnṛpaterahakherasya राजत्वस्यrā·jat·vas·ya दादशवत्छरस्यdādaśavatcharasya प्रथमेpra·tha·me मासेmā·se ऽथेताthetā नीषणमासेnīṣaṇamāse हामनस्यhāmanasya साक्षाद्sāk·ṣād अदरनामकंadaranāmakaṃ द्वादशdvā·da·śa मासंmāsaṃ यावद्yā·vad एकैकस्यe·kai·kas·ya हिhi नस्थेकेकस्यnasthekekasya मासस्यmāsasya चca छातेchāte गुटिकापातंgu·ṭi·kā·pā·taṃ बश्दूवbaśdūva।

aparam etadadhi nṛpaterahakherasya rājatvasya dādaśavatcharasya prathame māse 'thetā nīṣaṇamāse hāmanasya sākṣād adaranāmakaṃ dvādaśa māsaṃ yāvad ekaikasya hi nasthekekasya māsasya ca chāte guṭikāpātaṃ baśdūva|

In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
8

अनन्तरंa·nan·ta·raṃ हामनाhāmanā राजानम्rā·jā·nam खदखेरम्khadakheram उदितवान्u·di·ta·vān भवताbha·va·tā रास्थुस्यrāsthusya निखिलदेnikhilade प्रीprī व्वन्यान्यलाvvanyānyalā काkā तांtāṃ मध्यmadh·ya विकीणाvikīṇā विभिन्नाvi·bhin·nā चैकोcai·ko जातिjā·ti विंद्यतेviṃdyate। च्पन्यcpanya लाlā काkā तांtāṃ व्यवस्थातस्तच्नातीvyavasthātastacnātī यानांyānāṃ व्यवस्थाvya·vas·thā भिन्नाbhin·nā तेte नरपतेnarapate व्यवस्थांvya·vas·thāṃ नna मन्यन्तेman·yan·te तस्मात्tas·māt तेte राज्ञाrāj·ñā नna साध्याःsādhyāḥ।

anantaraṃ hāmanā rājānam khadakheram uditavān bhavatā rāsthusya nikhilade prī vvanyānyalā kā tāṃ madhya vikīṇā vibhinnā caiko jāti viṃdyate| cpanya lā kā tāṃ vyavasthātastacnātī yānāṃ vyavasthā bhinnā te narapate vyavasthāṃ na manyante tasmāt te rājñā na sādhyāḥ|

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
9

यदिya·di नरपतेरसिमतंnarapaterasimataṃ जायेतjā·ye·ta तदिtadi तेषांte·ṣāṃ द्यापादनाधेंdyāpādanādheṃ राजाज्ञाrājājñā लिख्यतांlikh·ya·tāṃ तेनाहंte·nā·haṃ राजकार्यंrājakāryaṃ नियुक्तniyukta लोकानांlo·kā·nāṃ दत्तेषुdatteṣu राजकोाघेrājakoāghe स्थापनांsthāpanāṃ दशसक्तखकिक्कारपरिमाणानिdaśasaktakhakikkāraparimāṇāni रजतानिrajatāni समपंथिष्यामिsamapaṃthiṣyāmi।
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yadi narapaterasimataṃ jāyeta tadi teṣāṃ dyāpādanādheṃ rājājñā likhyatāṃ tenāhaṃ rājakāryaṃ niyukta lokānāṃ datteṣu rājakoāghe sthāpanāṃ daśasaktakhakikkāraparimāṇāni rajatāni samapaṃthiṣyāmi|

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.
10

तदानींta·dā·nīṃ नृपःnṛ·paḥ स्वीयशयाद्svīyaśayād बजbaja रीrī यकम्yakam पाpā शव्यśavya विद्भदीयानांvidbhadīyānāṃ परिपस्थिनेparipasthine इम्मिदायाःimmidāyāḥ पुच्लायागागीयदह्ामनावpuclāyāgāgīyadahāmanāva ददिवान्dadivān।
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tadānīṃ nṛpaḥ svīyaśayād baja rī yakam pā śavya vidbhadīyānāṃ paripasthine immidāyāḥ puclāyāgāgīyadahāmanāva dadivān|

And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
11

अपरंa·pa·raṃ तृपाtṛpā इामनम्iāmanam अाचचच्तेaācacacte तानिtā·ni रजतानिrajatāni तेte लोकास्वlokāsva तुभ्यम्tubh·yam व्पदायिघतvpadāyighata तान्tān प्रतिpra·ti निजेच्छानुसारेणाचरnijecchānusāreṇācara।

aparaṃ tṛpā iāmanam aācacacte tāni rajatāni te lokāsva tubhyam vpadāyighata tān prati nijecchānusāreṇācara|

And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
12

अनन्तरंa·nan·ta·raṃ प्रथममासस्यprathamamāsasya चयादशेcayādaśe दिवसेdi·va·se राजलेखकाrājalekhakā व्याजुरूविरेvyājurūvire ततta·ta रकेकस्मिन्rakekasmin देशेde·śe येye राrā जप्रतिनिधयोjapratinidhayo ऽध्यत्ताश्चासन्dhyattāścāsan तान्tān प्रतिpra·ti किखेकेकस्याkikhekekasyā जातेरेकेकस्यjāterekekasya देशस्यde·śas·ya चca मुख्यनरान्mukhyanarān सकेकस्याsakekasyā जातेरच्तरjāteractara भावयाbhāvayā चca नृपतेरक्षखेरस्यnṛpaterakṣakherasya नाम्नाnām·nā इामनस्यादेष्नुसारादेवiāmanasyādeṣnusārādeva पत्राणिpat·rā·ṇi लिखितानिli·khi·tā·ni वृपाङ्ुरीयकेणvṛpāṅurīyakeṇa मुनाङ्गितानिmunāṅgitāni चca।
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anantaraṃ prathamamāsasya cayādaśe divase rājalekhakā vyājurūvire tata rakekasmin deśe ye rā japratinidhayo 'dhyattāścāsan tān prati kikhekekasyā jāterekekasya deśasya ca mukhyanarān sakekasyā jāteractara bhāvayā ca nṛpaterakṣakherasya nāmnā iāmanasyādeṣnusārādeva patrāṇi likhitāni vṛpāṅurīyakeṇa munāṅgitāni ca|

Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.
13

अपरम्a·pa·ram खकस्मिन्khakasmin दिनेdi·ne ऽथतोाthatoā ऽदर्नामकस्यdarnāmakasya दादशमासस्यdādaśamāsasya चयोदशcayodaśa दिवसेdi·va·se युवरृद्धश्खियेषिद्धिःyuvarṛddhaśkhiyeṣiddhiḥ समंsa·maṃ निखिलयिक्वदीयाnikhilayikvadīyā विनाशयिvināśayi तव्याtavyā इन्तव्याintavyā लेाप्तव्याleāptavyā खkha तेषांte·ṣāṃ वस्तनिvastani चca लेठयितव्याleṭhayitavyā इव्याज्ञासम्बलितानिivyājñāsambalitāni तानिtā·ni प्राणीprā·ṇī दूतैःdū·taiḥ त्तितिपस्यttitipasya निखिलपरेषान्nikhilapareṣān प्रतिpra·ti सेषवाद्धकरिरेseṣavāddhakarire।
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aparam khakasmin dine 'thatoā 'darnāmakasya dādaśamāsasya cayodaśa divase yuvarṛddhaśkhiyeṣiddhiḥ samaṃ nikhilayikvadīyā vināśayi tavyā intavyā leāptavyā kha teṣāṃ vastani ca leṭhayitavyā ivyājñāsambalitāni tāni prāṇī dūtaiḥ ttitipasya nikhilapareṣān prati seṣavāddhakarire|

And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
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किञ्चkiñ·ca तस्मिन्tas·min दिनेdi·ne सर्व्वंsar·vaṃ लोकाlo·kā यद्yad उद्यताud·ya·tā भवेयुस्तदbhaveyustada थेthe निखिललाकानांnikhilalākānāṃ ज्ञानायेकैकस्मिन्jñānāyekaikasmin देशde·śa ताम्tām अजांajāṃ प्रचारुयितुpracāruyitu तल्िषेस्नरू्पंtaliṣesnarūpaṃ प्रादोयतprādoyata।
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kiñca tasmin dine sarvvaṃ lokā yad udyatā bhaveyustada the nikhilalākānāṃ jñānāyekaikasmin deśa tām ajāṃ pracāruyitu taliṣesnarūpaṃ prādoyata|

The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
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अनन्तरंa·nan·ta·raṃ दूताdū·tā राजाज्ातस्वरितंrājājātasvaritaṃ विधायvi·dhā·ya वक्षिबेव्रजुःvakṣibevrajuḥ। सsa खादेशेkhādeśe राजधान्यांrā·ja·dhān·yāṃ षनेṣane प्राकाश्यतprā·kāś·ya·ta। ततःta·taḥ परंpa·raṃ राजाrā·jā ामनखखāmanakhakha भक्तितुंbhaktituṃ पातुद्धापविविश्तुःpātuddhāpaviviśtuḥ परन्तुpa·ran·tu स्ूशनपाराsūśanapārā उदिविजुःudivijuḥ।
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anantaraṃ dūtā rājājātasvaritaṃ vidhāya vakṣibevrajuḥ| sa khādeśe rājadhānyāṃ ṣane prākāśyata| tataḥ paraṃ rājā āmanakhakha bhaktituṃ pātuddhāpaviviśtuḥ parantu sūśanapārā udivijuḥ|

The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.