Shloka 40
Jayantī–Kāvyā (Śukra) Saṃvāda: Varadāna and the Ten-Year Concealment
Devanagari script
धर्मतो ऽविमुखाश्चैव कारिता वेधसा वयम् / दग्धाश्चैवोपधायोगात्स्वेस्वे कार्ये तु मायया
Transliteration
dharmato 'vimukhāścaiva kāritā vedhasā vayam / dagdhāścaivopadhāyogātsvesve kārye tu māyayā
Translation
Der Schöpfer (Vedhas) ließ uns dem Dharma zugewandt bleiben; doch durch die Verbindung eines trügerischen Kunstgriffs wurden wir in unseren eigenen Werken von Māyā verbrannt.
Word by Word
dharmataḥaccording to dharma
dharmataḥ:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTasil-derivative adverb (तसिल्/तस् प्रत्यय): 'from/according to dharma'
avimukhāḥnot turned away (steadfast)
avimukhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective of 'vayam')
TypeAdjective
Roota-vimukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; negated adjective (अ-प्रत्यय)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण)
kāritāḥmade to act/caused (to do)
kāritāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Root√kṛ (धातु) + ṇic (णिच् causative) + kta (क्त)
FormCausative past participle (णिजन्त-क्त); Masculine, Nominative, Plural
vedhasāby the Creator (Brahmā)
vedhasā:
Karana (करण/agent-instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootvedhas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; epithet of Brahmā
vayamwe
vayam:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Nominative (1st), Plural
dagdhāḥburnt
dagdhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Root√dah (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast participle; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle
upadhā-yogātbecause of the connection with deceit/stratagem
upadhā-yogāt:
Hetu (हेतु/cause)
TypeNoun
Rootupadhā (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa; Masculine, Ablative (5th), Singular
svein one’s own
sve:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; used distributively with repetition
svein each one’s own
sve:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; distributive repetition (स्वे स्वे)
kāryein the task/affair
kārye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
TypeNoun
Rootkārya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th), Singular
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (तु)
māyayāby illusion/stratagem
māyayā:
Karana (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootmāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular