Shloka 12

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

तण्डिस्वाच पवित्राणां पवित्रस्त्वं गतिर्गतिमतां वर

Transliteration

taṇḍisvāca pavitrāṇāṃ pavitrastvaṃ gatirgatimatāṃ vara

Translation

Taṇḍi said: “O best among those who move, you yourself are the purifier of all that is pure, and the supreme refuge and course for those who seek the right path.”

Word by Word

• तण्डि: O Taṇḍi
• तण्डि: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तण्डि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्व: O own/dear (one)
• स्व: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पवित्राणाम्: of the purifiers / of the sacred things
• पवित्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पवित्रः: purifier; most pure
• पवित्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: refuge; course; goal
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिमताम्: of those who have a course/goal; of the purposeful
• गतिमताम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतिमत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वर: O best/excellent one
• वर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Taṇḍi
• Vāyudeva