Shloka 4

Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

कपिलभश्न ततः प्राह सांख्यर्षिदेवसम्मत: । मया जन्मान्यनेकानि भकक्‍्त्या चाराधितो भव:

Transliteration

Kapilabhaśna tataḥ prāha sāṅkhyarṣidevasammataḥ | mayā janmāny anekāni bhaktyā cārādhito bhavaḥ ||

Translation

Then Kapilabhaśna spoke—one honored by the Sāṅkhya sages and revered among the gods: “In many births I have worshipped and served you with devotion; may you now be gracious and grant your favor.”

Word by Word

• कपिलः: Kapila
• कपिलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भष्म: ashes
• भष्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भष्म
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• प्राह: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+अह्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• सांख्यर्षिदेवसम्मतः: approved by the Sāṅkhya sages and the gods
• सांख्यर्षिदेवसम्मतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सांख्य-ऋषि-देव-सम्मत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• जन्मानि: births (lives)
• जन्मानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• आराधितः: worshipped/propitiated
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+राध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kapilabhaśna
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Sāṅkhya sages (Sāṅkhyarṣis)
• Devas (gods)