Shloka 3

Śārṅgaka-stuti to Agni during the Khāṇḍava Conflagration (शार्ङ्गक-स्तुतिः / अग्नि-स्तुतिः)

Devanagari script

उपाय: परिदृष्टो मे यथा त्वं धक्ष्यसेडनघ । कालं च कंचित्‌ क्षमतां ततस्त्वं धक्ष्यसेडनल,“अनघ! तुम जिस प्रकार खाण्डववनको जलाओगे, वह उपाय तो मुझे सूझ गया है; किंतु उसके लिये तुम्हें कुछ समयतक प्रतीक्षा करनी पड़ेगी। अनल! इसके बाद तुम खाण्डववनको जला सकोगे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | upāyaḥ paridṛṣṭo me yathā tvaṃ dhakṣyase 'n-agha | kālaṃ ca kañcit kṣamatāṃ tatas tvaṃ dhakṣyase 'nala ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O blameless one, I have discerned the means by which you will be able to burn the Khāṇḍava forest. But you must endure and wait for some time; then, O Anala, you will be able to set Khāṇḍava ablaze.”

Word by Word

• upāyaḥ: means, method
• upāyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: upāya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• paridṛṣṭaḥ: seen/realized, found out
• paridṛṣṭaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-dṛś (kta)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Dative, Singular

• yathā: as, in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yusmad
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• dhakṣyase: you will burn
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 2, Singular, Ātmanepada

• anagha: O blameless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: anagha
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• kālam: time
• kālam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• kañcit: some, a certain
• kañcit: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kañcit
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• kṣamatām: let (it) wait / let (there) be patience
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣam (loṭ)
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 3, Singular, Ātmanepada

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yusmad
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• dhakṣyase: you will burn
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 2, Singular, Ātmanepada

• anala: O Fire (Agni)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anala
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Anagha
• Anala (Agni/Fire)
• Khāṇḍava forest (Khāṇḍava-vana)