Shloka 9

ययातेर्वानप्रस्थतपःस्वर्गारोहणम् | Yayāti’s Vānaprastha Austerities and Ascent to Heaven

Devanagari script

देवयान्युवाच आख्यास्याम्यहमादत्स्व वचन मे नराधिप । शुक्रो नामासुरगुरु: सुतां जानीहि तस्य माम्‌,देवयानी बोली--महाराज! मैं स्वयं परिचय देती हूँ, आप मेरी बात सुनें। असुरोंके जो सुप्रसिद्ध गुरु शुक्राचार्य हैं, मुझे उन्हींकी पुत्री जानिये

Transliteration

devayāny uvāca | ākhyāsyām aham ādatsva vacana me narādhipa | śukro nāmāsuraguruḥ sutāṃ jānīhi tasya mām ||

Translation

Devayānī said: “I shall tell you who I am—accept my words, O king. Know me to be the daughter of Śukra, the renowned preceptor of the Asuras.”

Word by Word

• देवयानी: Devayānī
• देवयानी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवयानी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आख्यास्यामि: I will tell / I will declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• आदत्स्व: accept / take
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वचनम्: word; statement
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शुक्रः: Śukra (Shukrācārya)
• शुक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name; named
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• असुरगुरुः: the preceptor of the Asuras
• असुरगुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुरगुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुताम्: daughter
• सुताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जानीहि: know; understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devayānī
• Śukra (Śukrācārya)
• Narādhipa (the king addressed)