Shloka 94
Jayantī–Kāvyā (Śukra) Saṃvāda: Varadāna and the Ten-Year Concealment
Devanagari script
देवक्यां वसुदेवात्तु जातो गार्ग्यपुरस्सरः / अप्रमेयो नियोगश्च यतकामवरो वशी
Transliteration
devakyāṃ vasudevāttu jāto gārgyapurassaraḥ / aprameyo niyogaśca yatakāmavaro vaśī
Translation
In Devakī, from Vasudeva, he was born, going forth in the forefront like Gārgya. He is immeasurable; his descent is by divine appointment; he grants boons as desired and is the all-subduing Lord.
Word by Word
devakyāmin Devakī
devakyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootdevakī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Saptamī (Locative), Ekavacana; place/uterus-locative ‘in Devakī’
vasudevātfrom Vasudeva
vasudevāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootvasudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Pañcamī (Ablative), Ekavacana; source/parentage
tuindeed, however
tu:
Nipāta (निपात/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adversative/emphatic particle ‘but/indeed’
jātaḥborn
jātaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया; participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त)
FormKta-pratyaya past passive participle (क्त/PPP); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; used predicatively ‘born’
gārgya-purassaraḥwith Gārgya as the forerunner
gārgya-purassaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootgārgya (प्रातिपदिक) + purassara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘with Gārgya as forerunner’
aprameyaḥimmeasurable
aprameyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roota-prameya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; negated adjective ‘immeasurable’
niyogaḥ(one of) appointed mission/commission
niyogaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; appositional epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootniyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction ‘and’
yata-kāma-varaḥbest of the self-restrained (in desire)
yata-kāma-varaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootyata (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘best among those whose desires are restrained’ / ‘having controlled desires’
vaśīself-controlled
vaśī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaśin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; adjective ‘self-controlled, masterful’