Shloka 17
Aṣṭāvakra and the Woman: Disclosure, Permission, and Marital Resolution (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय २२)
Devanagari script
रूयुवाच शिरसा प्रणमे विप्र प्रसादं कर्तुमहसि । भूमौ निपतमानाया: शरणं भव मेडनघ
Transliteration
strī uvāca—śirasā praṇame vipra prasādaṃ kartum arhasi | bhūmau nipatamānāyāḥ śaraṇaṃ bhava me ’nagha ||
Translation
قالت المرأة: «يا من لا دَنَسَ فيه، يا خيرَ البراهمة، إنّي أنحني برأسي ساجدَةً لك توقيرًا. لقد سقطتُ على الأرض بين يديك—فارحمني وامنحني ملجأً.»
Word by Word
रुयु-उवाचsaid
रुयु-उवाच:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formलिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपद
शिरसाwith (my) head
शिरसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस्
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
प्रणमेI bow / I salute
प्रणमे:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-नम्
Formलट् (present), 1, singular, आत्मनेपद
विप्रO brahmin
विप्र:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
प्रसादम्favor, grace
प्रसादम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसाद
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
कर्तुम्to do / to grant
कर्तुम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formतुमुन् (infinitive)
अर्हसिyou are worthy / you should
अर्हसि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह्
Formलट् (present), 2, singular, परस्मैपद
भूमौon the ground
भूमौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
Formfeminine, locative, singular
निपतमानायाःof (me) falling down
निपतमानायाः:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootनि-पत्
Formशतृ (present active participle), feminine, genitive, singular
शरणम्refuge, protection
शरणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशरण
Formneuter, accusative, singular
भवbe (become)
भव:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formलोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद
मेof me / for me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form1, genitive, singular
अनघO sinless one
अनघ:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootअनघ
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
Speaker
अद्टावक्र उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
strī (the woman)V
vipra (a brāhmaṇa)A
anagha (addressed person, ‘O blameless one’)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes