Shloka 27

Sarasvatī-Śāpavimokṣa, Rākṣasa-Mokṣa, and Aruṇā-Tīrtha

Indra–Namuci Expiation

Devanagari script

अथ कूले स्वके राजन्‌ जपन्तमृषिसत्तमम्‌ | जुद्दानं कौशिक प्रेक्ष्य सरस्वत्य भ्यचिन्तयत्‌

Transliteration

atha kūle svake rājan japantam ṛṣisattamam | yuddhānaṃ kauśikaṃ prekṣya sarasvaty abhyacintayat ||

Translation

ثم، أيها الملك، وعلى ضفة نهرها، رأت سَرَسْوَتِي كَوْشِكَ—أعظمَ الحكماء—غارقًا في ترديد المانترا؛ فتفكّرت في باطنها: أيُّ جوابٍ يليق بالمقام؟

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कूले: on the bank
• कूले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूल
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• स्वके: on his own
• स्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• जपन्तम्: chanting, muttering (a prayer)
• जपन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, accusative, singular

• ऋषिसत्तमम्: the best of sages
• ऋषिसत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि-सत्तम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• युद्धानम्: Yuddhāna (proper name)
• युद्धानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्धान
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• कौशिकम्: Kauśika (proper name/epithet)
• कौशिकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिक
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रेक्ष्य: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ईक्ष्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)

• सरस्वतीम्: Sarasvatī (the river/goddess)
• सरस्वतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• अभ्यचिन्तयत्: he reflected upon / thought of
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-चिन्त्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Kauśika
• Sarasvatī
• riverbank (kūla)