Shloka 12

Haryaśva’s Agreement with Gālava and the Birth of Vasumanā

Nārada’s narration

Devanagari script

सदा देवमनुष्याणामसुराणां च गालव । काड्क्षिता रूपतो बाला सुता मे प्रतिगृह्यताम्‌,“गालव! इसके रूप-सौन्दर्यसे आकृष्ट होकर देवता, मनुष्य तथा असुर सभी लोग सदा इसे पानेकी अभिलाषा रखते हैं; अतः आप मेरी इस पुत्रीको ही ग्रहण कीजिये

Transliteration

sadā devamanuṣyāṇām asurāṇāṁ ca gālava | kāṅkṣitā rūpato bālā sutā me pratigṛhyatām ||

Translation

হে গালৱ! তাইৰ ৰূপ-সৌন্দৰ্যত আকৃষ্ট হৈ দেৱতা, মানুহ আৰু অসুৰ—সকলেই সদায় তাইক লাভ কৰিবলৈ আকাঙ্ক্ষা কৰে; সেয়ে মোৰ এই কন্যাক গ্ৰহণ কৰক।

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• देवमनुष्याणाम्: of gods and men
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवमनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• असुराणाम्: of demons (asuras)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• गालव: O Galava
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आकाङ्क्षिता: desired/longed for
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकाङ्क्षित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रूपतः: because of (her) beauty/appearance
• रूपतः: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रूपतः

• बाला: the girl/maiden
• बाला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my/of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• प्रतिगृह्यताम्: let (her) be accepted / please accept
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Gālava
• devāḥ (gods)
• manuṣyāḥ (humans)
• asurāḥ (asuras)
• Nārada's daughter (unnamed in this verse)