Shloka 25

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

Indra–Namuci Expiation

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्‌ वचन श्रुत्वा कृपाशीलस्य सा सरित्‌ | चिन्तयामास कौरव्य कि कृत्वा सुकृतं भवेत्‌,कुरुनन्दन! उन कृपाशील महर्षिका वह वचन सुनकर सरस्वती सोचने लगी, “क्या करनेसे शुभ होगा?”

Transliteration

tasya tad vacanaṁ śrutvā kṛpāśīlasya sā sarit | cintayāmāsa kauravya kiṁ kṛtvā sukṛtaṁ bhavet, kurunandana |

Translation

করুণাশীল মহর্ষির সেই বাক্য শুনে সরস্বতী নদী ভাবতে লাগল—“কী করলে সত্যিই পুণ্য হবে?”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• कृपाशीलस्य: of the compassionate one
• कृपाशीलस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपाशील
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सरित्: river (Sarasvatī)
• सरित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• चिन्तयामास: thought, reflected
• चिन्तयामास: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कौरव्य: O descendant of Kuru
• कौरव्य: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• सुकृतम्: good (merit), auspiciousness
• सुकृतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: might be / would become
• भवेत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• कुरुनन्दन: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Sarasvatī
• Kauravya (addressed person, a Kuru descendant)
• Kurunandana (addressed person, a Kuru descendant)