dvandvo dvigur api cāhaṁ mad-gehe nityam avyayībhāvaḥ
dvandvo dvigur api cāhaṁ mad-gehe nityam avyayībhāvaḥ |
tatpuruṣa karma dhāraya yenāhaṁ syāṁ bahuvrīhiḥ ||
(Udbhaṭa)
[A play upon the names of the six types of samāsa wherein a poor man begs a royal official:] “I am dual (dvandva) [i.e., I am married; alt., I am in a quarrel (with my wife)] and I possess [just] two cows (dvigu). There is always an absence of expenditure (avyayībhāva) in my home [i.e., as I am very poor and have no money to spend]. [Therefore,] O person of his (tatpuruṣa) [i.e., O honored assistant to the King], please grant (dhāraya) me [lit., cause me to hold] a result (karma) by which I may become rich (bahuvrīhi) [i.e., one in possession of much rice].”