Shloka 34

सगरचरिते सागराविनाशः

The Quelling of the Ocean-Destruction Episode in the Sagara Narrative

Devanagari script

नाम्नांशुमन्तं नप्तारं सगरस्य महीपतेः / सो ऽहं तस्य नियोगेन त्वत्प्रसादाभिकाङ्क्षया

Transliteration

nāmnāṃśumantaṃ naptāraṃ sagarasya mahīpateḥ / so 'haṃ tasya niyogena tvatprasādābhikāṅkṣayā

Translation

Ich bin Aṃśumanta, Enkel des Königs Sagara; auf seinen Auftrag kam ich, um deine Gnade zu erbitten.

Word by Word

• nāmnā: by name
• nāmnā: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• aṃśumantam: Aṃśumant
• aṃśumantam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃśumant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• naptāram: grandson
• naptāram: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naptṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• sagarasya: of Sagara
• sagarasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sagara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• mahīpateḥ: of the king
• mahīpateḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasya: of him / his
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• niyogena: by (his) command
• niyogena: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• tvat-prasāda-abhikāṅkṣayā: with the desire for your favor
• tvat-prasāda-abhikāṅkṣayā: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक) + abhikāṅkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: tvat-prasāda = 'your favor', then तत्पुरुष with abhikāṅkṣā = 'desire for'