Shloka 30

The Horse’s Journey

to Cyavana’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

नमस्करोमि युष्मभ्यं महापापोपशांतये । इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य जगाद मुनिसत्तमः

Transliteration

namaskaromi yuṣmabhyaṃ mahāpāpopaśāṃtaye | iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya jagāda munisattamaḥ

Translation

„Ich verneige mich vor euch zur Besänftigung großer Sünden.“ Als er diese Worte vernahm, sprach der erhabenste der Weisen.

Word by Word

• namas-karomi: I bow / I offer salutations
• namas-karomi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: namas (अव्यय) + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (indeclinable compound) ‘नमः करोमि’; लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yuṣmabhyam: to you (all)
• yuṣmabhyam: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), बहुवचन (plural)

• mahā-pāpa-upaśāntaye: for the pacification of great sin
• mahā-pāpa-upaśāntaye: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + upaśānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-द्योतक दातिव (dative of purpose): ‘उपशान्तये’; तत्पुरुष: ‘महापापस्य उपशान्तिः’

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• vākyam: statement/words
• vākyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• samākarṇya: having heard
• samākarṇya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√kṛ (धातु) → samākarṇya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having heard’

• jagāda: said/spoke
• jagāda: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gad (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• muni-sattamaḥ: the best of sages
• muni-sattamaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘मुनीनां सत्तमः’ (best among sages)

Speaker

mūla-vaktā: an unnamed speaker offers salutations; narrative voice then indicates: “munisattamaḥ” (the foremost sage) responds

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Geographic Context

Type: forest

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: namas + karomi → namaskaromi (commonly treated as avyayībhāva ‘namas-karoti’); yuṣmabhyaṃ is orthographic for yuṣmabhyam; mahāpāpa + upaśāntaye → mahāpāpopaśāṃtaye (a+u→o; nasalization/orthography).

FAQs

What is the central message of this shloka?

It highlights humility and repentance: offering salutations with the intention of pacifying grave sins, followed by the sage’s response that continues the teaching.

Who is “munisattamaḥ” in this verse?

The verse does not specify a name; “munisattamaḥ” is an honorific meaning “the foremost/best of sages,” indicating the next speaker in the narrative.

How does this verse relate to ethical practice in the Padma Purana?

It frames ethical reform through reverence and acknowledgement of wrongdoing—an inner disposition that precedes instruction, atonement, or purificatory guidance in Purāṇic dialogues.