Shloka 5

शृङ्गिशापः—तक्षककाश्यपसंवादः (Śṛṅgī’s Curse and the Takṣaka–Kāśyapa Dialogue)

Devanagari script

जरत्कारुर्वाच ममायं पितरो नित्य यद्यर्थ: परिवर्तते | ऊर्ध्वरेता: शरीर वै प्रापयेयममुत्र वै,जरत्कारुने कहा--पितृगण! मेरे हृदयमें यह बात निरन्तर घूमती रहती थी कि मैं ऊर्ध्विता (अखण्ड ब्रह्मचर्यका पालक) होकर इस शरीरको परलोक ([पुष्यधाम)-में पहुँचाऊँ

Transliteration

Jaratkāruḥ uvāca: mamāyaṃ pitaraḥ nityaṃ yadyarthaḥ parivartate | ūrdhvaretāḥ śarīraṃ vai prāpayeyam amutra vai ||

Translation

Jaratkāru said: “O Fathers, this thought has constantly revolved within me: that, remaining an ūrdhvaretas—one who preserves strict continence—I might carry this very body onward to the other world.”

Word by Word

• जरत्कारुः: Jaratkāru (the sage)
• जरत्कारुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरत्कारु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्थः: thought / intention / purpose
• अर्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पितरः: O fathers / ancestors
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• यत्: that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अर्थः: thought / intention
• अर्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिवर्तते: keeps turning / revolves
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• ऊर्ध्वरेताः: one of upward-retained semen; a strict celibate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्वरेतस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• प्रापयेयम्: I should cause (it) to reach / I should take (it) to
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Optative, First, Singular, Causative (ṇij)

• अमुत्र: there (in the other world)
• अमुत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमुत्र

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

तक्षक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jaratkāru
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• the other world (amutra)