Shloka 9

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

पद्मावती सुनक्षत्रा कन्दरा बहुयोजना । संतानिका च कौरव्य कमला च महाबला

Transliteration

padmāvatī sunakṣatrā kandarā bahuyojanā | saṃtānikā ca kauravya kamalā ca mahābalā ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: „O Nachkomme der Kurus, es gab auch diese mächtigen Stätten: Padmāvatī, Sunakṣatrā, Kandarā—über viele Yojanas hingestreckt—Samtānikā und Kamalā; alle berühmt durch ihre Weite und ihre furchtgebietende Natur.“

Word by Word

• पद्मावती: Padmāvatī (name)
• पद्मावती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मावती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुनक्षत्रा: having auspicious stars/constellations
• सुनक्षत्रा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-नक्षत्रा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कन्दरा: cave, gorge
• कन्दरा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्दरा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बहुयोजना: many-yojanas (in extent)
• बहुयोजना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-योजना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• संतानिका: Santānikā (name)
• संतानिका: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतानिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कौरव्य: O Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कमला: Kamalā (name)
• कमला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• महाबला: very strong, mighty
• महाबला: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-बला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kauravya (Janamejaya)
• Padmāvatī
• Sunakṣatrā
• Kandarā
• Saṃtānikā
• Kamalā