Shloka 47

सगरचरिते सागराविनाशः

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

Devanagari script

तैश्चापि नरके तावद्वस्तव्यं पापकर्मभिः / कालः प्रतीक्ष्यतां तावद्यावत्त्वत्पौत्रसंभवः

Transliteration

taiścāpi narake tāvadvastavyaṃ pāpakarmabhiḥ / kālaḥ pratīkṣyatāṃ tāvadyāvattvatpautrasaṃbhavaḥ

Translation

Wegen ihrer sündhaften Taten müssen sie bis dahin in der Hölle verweilen. Warte die Zeit ab, bis dein Enkel geboren wird.

Word by Word

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Kartṛ (कर्तृ in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (वाक्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (वाक्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle) additive/concessive

• narake: in hell
• narake: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana

• tāvat: for that long; until then
• tāvat: Kāla-parimāṇa (काल-परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb) of extent/duration

• vastavyam: must be stayed (must dwell)
• vastavyam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु) + tavya (तव्यत्-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: Gerundive (tavya), Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; bhāva/karmavācya sense ‘it is to be dwelt/they must stay’

• pāpa-karmabhiḥ: because of sinful deeds
• pāpa-karmabhiḥ: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd), Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya ‘pāpaṃ karma’

• kālaḥ: time
• kālaḥ: Karma (कर्म) (object of pratīkṣyatām)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• pratīkṣyatām: let (it) be waited for
• pratīkṣyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ lakāra (Imperative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ātmanepada; passive/bhāva sense ‘let (time) be waited for’

• tāvat: so long
• tāvat: Kāla-parimāṇa (काल-परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb) of extent

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Avadhi (अवधि/Limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (correlative) ‘as long as/until’

• tvat-pautra-saṃbhavaḥ: the birth of your grandson
• tvat-pautra-saṃbhavaḥ: Avadhi (अवधि) (terminus of waiting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + pautra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa chain: tava pautraḥ + tasya saṃbhavaḥ (birth/appearance of your grandson)