Shloka 35

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

तेनेन्द्र: सख्यमकरोत्‌ समयं चेदमब्रवीत्‌ | नचार्द्रेण न शुष्केण न रात्रौी नापि चाहनि

Transliteration

tenendraḥ sakhyam akarot samayaṃ cedam abravīt | na cārdreṇa na śuṣkeṇa na rātrau na api ca ahani

Translation

فدخل إندرا في صداقةٍ وقال هذا العهد: «لا بما هو مبلول ولا بما هو يابس؛ لا ليلًا ولا حتى نهارًا».

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/therefore
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सख्यम्: friendship
• सख्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अकरोत्: made/formed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• समयम्: agreement/condition
• समयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आर्द्रेण: with (something) wet
• आर्द्रेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आर्द्र
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• शुष्केण: with (something) dry
• शुष्केण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष्क
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अहनि: in the daytime/by day
• अहनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Vaiśampāyana