प्रातरन्यद्वदिष्यामि इत्युक्त्वा मौनवानभूत् । इत्याकर्ण्यैवमस्तूक्त्वा भूपतिर्भूतिवृद्धये ॥ १२ ॥
prātaranyadvadiṣyāmi ityuktvā maunavānabhūt | ityākarṇyaivamastūktvā bhūpatirbhūtivṛddhayē || 12 ||
Translation
In the morning I shall speak of something more." So saying, he fell silent. Hearing this, the king said, "So be it", and, for the increase of his prosperity,
Word by word
- prātar
- (prātaḥ) in the morning
- anyad
- (anyat) something more
- vadiṣyāmi
- I shall speak of
- iti
- so
- uktvā
- saying
- maunavān
- silent
- abhūt
- he fell
- ākarṇya
- hearing
- ēvam
- so
- astu
- be it
- bhūpatir
- (bhūpatiḥ) the king
- bhūti
- of his prosperity
- vṛddhayē
- for the increase
Meaning
The sentence runs on into the next verse. The king accepts the teacher's measure without asking for more, and turns to the honours due to the sages; the commentary says he did so for the growth of his good fortune, as the honouring of the holy brings blessing.