Shloka 11

Tīrtha-Sevana and the Cursed Apsaras

Grāha-Encounter at Saubhadra Tīrtha

Devanagari script

ततो देवा भयं जम्मुरुग्रं दृष्टवा तयोस्तप: । तपोविघातार्थमथो देवा विघ्नानि चक्रिरे,उनकी उम्र तपस्या देखकर देवताओंको बड़ा भय हुआ। वे देवतागण उनके तपको भंग करनेके लिये अनेक प्रकारके विघ्न डालने लगे

Transliteration

tato devā bhayaṁ jagmur ugraṁ dṛṣṭvā tayos tapaḥ | tapovighātārtham atho devā vighnāni cakrire ||

Translation

Then the gods, seeing the fierce austerity of those two, were seized with fear. With the aim of obstructing their penance, the gods set in motion various hindrances.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जग्मुः: went, came to (were seized by)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada

• उग्रम्: terrible, intense
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वाान्त), indeclinable

• तयोः: of those two
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तपः-विघात-अर्थम्: for the purpose of obstructing the penance
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + विघात + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then, thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ
• Form: Avyaya

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विघ्नानि: obstacles, hindrances
• विघ्नानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• चक्रिरे: made, created, set up
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd person, Plural, Ātmanepada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• नारद (Nārada)
• देवाः (the gods)
• तयोः (two unnamed ascetics performing tapas)