Shloka 286

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

मोक्षार्थ राक्षसानां च नदीं तां प्रत्यचोदयन्‌ । तदनन्तर उन तपोधन महर्षियोंने उस तीर्थकी शुद्धि करके उन राक्षसोंकी मुक्तिके लिये सरस्वती नदीसे अनुरोध किया

Transliteration

mokṣārthaṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca nadīṃ tāṃ pratyacodayan | tadanantaram un tapodhana maharṣiyo ne us tīrthakī śuddhi karke un rākṣasoṃkī muktike liye sarasvatī nadīse anurodha kiyā |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Um den Rākṣasas Befreiung zu erwirken, drängten sie jenen Fluss, weiterzuströmen. Danach reinigten die großen Asketen, reich an Askese, jene heilige Furt und richteten, um die Erlösung der Rākṣasas zu erlangen, eine Bitte an den Fluss Sarasvatī.

Word by Word

• मोक्षार्थम्: for the sake of liberation
• मोक्षार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राक्षसानाम्: of the Rakshasas
• राक्षसानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नदीम्: the river
• नदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ताम्: that (her)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• अचोदयन्: they urged/implored
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rākṣasas
• Sarasvatī (river)
• tīrtha (sacred ford)
• maharṣis (great seers)