Shloka 2

Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

पुरा पुत्र मया मेरी तप्यता परमं तप: । पुत्रहेतोर्महाराज स्तव एषो<नुकीर्तित:

Transliteration

purā putra mayā merau tapyatā paramaṃ tapaḥ | putrahetor mahārāja stava eṣo 'nukīrtitaḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشامبايانا: «منذ زمنٍ بعيد، يا بُنيّ، حين كنتُ أؤدّي أسمى أنواع التَّقشّف (التَّبَس) على جبل ميرو طلبًا لولد، أيها الملك العظيم، كنتُ أُكرّر تلاوة هذا النشيد مرارًا.»

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly, in the past
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• पुत्र: O son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• मेरौ: on/in (Mount) Meru
• मेरौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तप्यता: was performed (was being done)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Passive

• परमम्: supreme, very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुत्रहेतोः: for the sake of a son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-हेतु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्तवः: hymn, praise
• स्तवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुकीर्तितः: was repeatedly recited/celebrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-कीर्तित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Meru (Mount Meru)
• Mahārāja (the king addressed)