Shloka 10

Garuḍa Learns the Cause of Vinatā’s Bondage and the Nāgas Demand Amṛta (Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 23)

Devanagari script

अग्ने मा त्वं प्रवर्धिष्ठा: कच्चिन्नो न दिधक्षसि । असौ हि राशि: सुमहान्‌ समिद्धस्तव सर्पति,'“अग्ने! आप इस प्रकार न बढ़ें। आप हमलोगोंको जलाकर भस्म तो नहीं कर डालना चाहते हैं? देखिये, वह आपका महान, प्रज्वलित तेज:पुंज इधर ही फैलता आ रहा है"

Transliteration

agne mā tvaṁ pravardhiṣṭhāḥ kaccin no na didhakṣasi | asau hi rāśiḥ sumahān samiddhas tava sarpati ||

Translation

Śaunaka addresses the fire with anxious restraint: “O Agni, do not blaze up further. Surely you do not intend to burn us to ashes? Look—your vast, fully kindled mass of flame is already spreading toward us.”

Word by Word

• अग्ने: O Agni (fire-god)
• अग्ने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• प्रवर्धिष्ठाः: may you not grow/increase
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वृध्
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कच्चित्: surely? (I hope); is it the case that...?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• दिधक्षसि: you wish/intend to burn
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• असौ: that (yonder)
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (pronoun)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• राशिः: heap/mass
• राशिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राशि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमहान्: very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु+महान्त्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समिद्धः: kindled, blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+इध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• तव: your
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सर्पति: creeps/spreads/moves
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Śaunaka
• rāśi (mass/heap of flame)