Shloka 48

Adhiratha-Rādhā Discover the Casket; Vasuṣeṇa (Karṇa) is Adopted and Formed

Devanagari script

उवाच परमप्रीत: सुहृन्मध्य इदं वच: । देवगन्धर्वयक्षाणां मानुषासुरभोगिनाम्‌

Transliteration

uvāca paramaprītaḥ suhṛn-madhya idaṁ vacaḥ | deva-gandharva-yakṣāṇāṁ mānuṣāsura-bhoginām

Translation

Markandeya sprach: Inmitten seiner Freunde, von tiefer Freude erfüllt, sagte er diese Worte—Worte über die Genüsse und Erfahrungsbereiche der Götter, Gandharvas, Yakṣas, der Menschen und der Asuras.

Word by Word

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• परमप्रीतः: extremely pleased
• परमप्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमप्रीत (परम + प्रीत)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सुहृत्-मध्ये: in the midst of friends
• सुहृत्-मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृत् + मध्य
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• देव-गन्धर्व-यक्षाणाम्: of the gods, Gandharvas, and Yakshas
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + गन्धर्व + यक्ष
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• मानुष-असुर-भोगिनाम्: of humans, Asuras, and serpents (bhogins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष + असुर + भोगिन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• devas
• gandharvas
• yakṣas
• humans (mānuṣas)
• asuras