Shloka 59
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
पुच्छदेशे तु कर्षन्तो मुहुराप्यायिताः सुराः / अनुकूलेन वातेन विष्णुना प्रेरितेन तु
Transliteration
pucchadeśe tu karṣanto muhurāpyāyitāḥ surāḥ / anukūlena vātena viṣṇunā preritena tu
Translation
Pulling from the tail end, the gods were again and again refreshed and strengthened, for a favorable wind, set in motion by Viṣṇu, aided them.
Word by Word
puccha-deśeat the tail-region
puccha-deśe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootpuccha (प्रातिपदिक) + deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष: pucchasya deśaḥ
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
karṣantaḥpulling
karṣantaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Doer)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛṣ (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत्/शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agrees with surāḥ
muhuḥrepeatedly
muhuḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmuhuḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb (frequency)
āpyāyitāḥwere invigorated/refreshed
āpyāyitāḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Patient)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√pyā (धातु) + ṇic? (causative sense) + kta (कृत्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; predicate of surāḥ (were refreshed/strengthened)
surāḥthe gods
surāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
anukūlenafavorable
anukūlena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanukūla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; qualifies vātena
vātenaby the wind
vātena:
Karana (करण/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootvāta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
viṣṇunāby Viṣṇu
viṣṇunā:
Kartr̥/Preraka (कर्ता/प्रेरक; agent behind)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
preritenaimpelled/driven
preritena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण; of vāta)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√īr (धातु) / pra-√ri (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; agrees with vātena (wind being impelled)
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle