Shloka 18

Uttanka’s Viśvarūpa Request and the ‘Uttanka Clouds’ Boon (उत्तङ्क-विष्वरूप-दर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

यदा गन्धर्वयोनौ वा वर्तामि भगुनन्दन । तदा गन्धर्ववत्‌ सर्वमाचरामि न संशय:

Transliteration

yadā gandharvayonau vā vartāmi bhagunandana | tadā gandharvavat sarvam ācarāmi na saṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

يا بهجةَ سلالةِ بهغو! كلّما سلكتُ مساري في رحمِ الغندرفا، سلكتُ في كلّ شأنٍ سلوكَ غندرفا—ولا ريب في ذلك.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• गन्धर्व-योनौ: in the Gandharva-womb/species
• गन्धर्व-योनौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व-योनि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• वर्तामि: I exist / I live / I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Atmanepada

• भगु-नन्दन: O son of Bhagu
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• गन्धर्व-वत्: like a Gandharva
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गन्धर्ववत्

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचरामि: I practice / I behave
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चर्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Gandharvas
• Bhagu (Bhṛgu lineage implied by 'bhagunandana')