Shloka 17

Pūjya-namaskārya-prakaraṇa

On Those Worthy of Honor and Salutation

Devanagari script

एकारामो हाहं शक्र निर्दधन्द्ो निष्परिग्रह:

Transliteration

ekārāmo hāhaṃ śakra nirdahanno niṣparigrahaḥ

Translation

Mātaṅga sprach: „O Śakra (Indra), ich lebe zufrieden mit nur einer schlichten Freude; ach, obgleich ich ohne Besitz und frei von allem Greifen bin, werde ich doch (vom Leid) verbrannt.“

Word by Word

• एकारामः: one who delights in the One/solitude (content with one refuge)
• एकारामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाराम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हा: alas! (interjection)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निर्दहन्: burning up, consuming
• निर्दहन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्दह् (नि + दह्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• निष्परिग्रहः: without possessions; non-possessive
• निष्परिग्रहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्परिग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मतंग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mātaṅga
• Śakra (Indra)