Shloka 13
Āstīka Stops the Sarpa-satra; Royal Closure and Protective Phalaśruti (आस्तीकः सर्पसत्रनिवर्तनम्)
Devanagari script
पततां चैव नागानां धिषछितानां तथाम्बरे । अश्रूयतानिशं शब्द: पच्यतां चाग्निना भृशम्,जो आगमें पड़ रहे थे, जो आकाशगमें ठहरे हुए थे और जो जलती हुई आगकी ज्वालामें पक रहे थे, उन सभी सर्पोका करुण क्रन्दन निरन्तर जोर-जोरसे सुनायी पड़ता था
Transliteration
patatāṃ caiva nāgānāṃ dhiṣṭhitānāṃ tathāmbare | aśrūyatāniśaṃ śabdaḥ pacyatāṃ cāgninā bhṛśam ||
Translation
Śaunaka said: “From the serpents—those falling down, those suspended in the sky, and those being fiercely scorched as they were cooked in the fire—there was heard, without cease, a loud and pitiable cry.”
Word by Word
पतताम्of (those) falling
पतताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeKridanta
Rootपतत् (√पत्)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
नागानाम्of the serpents
नागानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनाग
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
धिष्छितानाम्of (those) stationed/remaining (in the sky) (reading-dependent)
धिष्छितानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeKridanta
Rootधिष्छित (√धिष्/धिष्-छिद्?; textual form)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अम्बरेin the sky
अम्बरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअम्बर
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अश्रूयतwas heard
अश्रूयत:
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Passive (Karmani)
अनिशम्constantly
अनिशम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनिशम्
शब्दःsound/cry
शब्दः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पच्यताम्of (those) being cooked/burnt
पच्यताम्:
TypeVerb
Root√पच्
FormImperative (Loṭ), 3rd, Plural, Passive (Karmani)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अग्निनाby fire
अग्निना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
भृशम्excessively/violently
भृशम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभृशम्
Speaker
शौनक उवाच
Characters & Entities
श
शौनक (Śaunaka)न
नाग (Nāgas/serpents)अ
अम्बर (sky)अ
अग्नि (fire)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes