तानेव भूमिपालांश्च तांस्तानेव च पण्डितान् । तानेव नर्मसचिवान् भृत्यांस्तानेव तादृशान् ॥ ३६ ॥
tānēva bhūmipālāṁśca tāṁstānēva ca paṇḍitān | tānēva narmasacivān bhṛtyāṁstānēva tādṛśān || 36 ||
Translation
the same kings, those same learned men, the same jesters, and servants just the same.
Word by word
- tān
- those
- ēva
- same
- bhūmipālāṁś
- (bhūmipālān) kings
- ca
- and
- tāṁs
- (tān) those
- paṇḍitān
- learned men
- narma
- of jest
- sacivān
- companions
- bhṛtyāṁs
- (bhṛtyān) servants
- tādṛśān
- just the same
Meaning
The commentary: she saw the same kings, scholars, jesters and attendants, and servants like them. The repeated "same" is deliberate: the new world is a copy of the old.