Shloka 31

Adhyāya 71: Kaca and the Saṃjīvanī-vidyā

Devayānī–Śukra Episode

Devanagari script

बभार यत्रास्य पुरा काले दुर्गे महात्मन: । दारान्मतड़ो धर्मात्मा राजर्षिव्याधतां गत:,विश्वामित्र महर्षि वे ही हैं, जिनकी पत्नीका पूर्वकालमें संकटके समय शापवश व्याध बने हुए धर्मात्मा राजर्षि मतंगने भरण-पोषण किया था

Transliteration

babhāra yatrāsya purā kāle durge mahātmanaḥ | dārān mataṅgo dharmātmā rājarṣir vyādhatāṃ gataḥ ||

Translation

Kaṇva said: “In that earlier time of peril, it was there that the righteous royal sage Mataṅga—though cursed to live as a hunter—sustained and protected the wife of that great-souled one.”

Word by Word

• बभार: supported, maintained
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• अस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• दुर्गे: in distress, in difficulty
• दुर्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्ग
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• दारान्: wife (lit. spouses/household)
• दारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• मतङ्गः: Matanga
• मतङ्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मतङ्ग
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• राजर्षिः: royal sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• व्याधताम्: the state of being a hunter
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याध
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• गतः: having gone to, having become
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: past passive participle (क्त), masculine, nominative, singular

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महर्षिः: great sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaṇva
• Mataṅga
• the great-souled person (unnamed here)
• the wife/spouse (dārāḥ)