Shloka 13

मयस्य प्रतिकृतिः — Maya’s Offer and the Commissioning of the Sabhā

Devanagari script

यत्र दिव्यानभिप्रायान्‌ पश्येम हि कृतांस्त्वया । आसुरान्‌ मानुषांश्वैव सभां तां कुरु वै मय,“मयासुर! तुम ऐसे सभाभवनका निर्माण करो, जिसमें हम तुम्हारे द्वारा अंकित देवता, असुर और मनुष्योंकी शिल्पनिपुणताका दर्शन कर सकें”

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | yatra divyān abhiprāyān paśyema hi kṛtāṁs tvayā | āsurān mānuṣāṁś caiva sabhāṁ tāṁ kuru vai mama |

Translation

قال أرجونا: «يا مايا-أسورا، ابنِ لي قاعةَ مجلسٍ نُبصر فيها الروائعَ من التصاميم التي صغتها بيدك—أعمالًا تُظهر براعةَ الآلهة والأسورا والبشر على السواء».

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (relative adverb of place)

• दिव्यान्: divine
• दिव्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अभिप्रायान्: designs/intentions (plans)
• अभिप्रायान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिप्राय
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• पश्येम: may we see
• पश्येम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: optative (vidhi-lin), parasmaipada, 1st person, plural, present-system

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि
• Form: indeclinable particle

• कृतान्: made/created
• कृतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural; past passive participle of √कृ

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: instrumental, singular (gender not fixed for pronoun)

• आसुरान्: demonic/asuric
• आसुरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसुर
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• मानुषान्: human
• मानुषान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable conjunction

• एव: also/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: indeclinable particle

• सभाम्: assembly-hall
• सभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• कुरु: make/build
• कुरु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: imperative (lot), parasmaipada, 2nd person, singular

• वै: indeed/surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: indeclinable particle

• मयि: for me / in my case
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: locative, singular (gender not fixed for pronoun)

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Maya (Mayāsura)
• sabhā (assembly hall)
• devas (implied by divya / Hindi gloss)
• asuras
• humans