Shloka 14

Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda

Kārttikeya

Devanagari script

ततो ब्रह्मा तु गा: प्रायमुपविष्टा: समीक्ष्य ह । ईप्सितं प्रददौ ताभ्यो गोभ्य: प्रत्येकश: प्रभु:,भगवान्‌ ब्रह्माजीने गौओंको प्रायोपवेशन (आमरण उपवास) करते देख उन गौओंमेंसे प्रत्येकको उनकी अभीष्ट वस्तु दी

Transliteration

tato brahmā tu gāḥ prāyam upaviṣṭāḥ samīkṣya ha | īpsitaṃ pradadau tābhyo gobhyaḥ pratyekaśaḥ prabhuḥ ||

Translation

Then Lord Brahmā, seeing the cows seated in a fast unto death (prāyopaveśana), granted each of those cows—one by one—the boon each desired.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• गाः: cows
• गाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रायम्: fast unto death (prāya/upavāsa)
• प्रायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपविष्टाः: having sat (undertaken, seated for)
• उपविष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपविष्ट
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• समीक्ष्य: having seen/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• ईप्सितम्: desired, wished-for (boon)
• ईप्सितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रददौ: gave, bestowed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• ताभ्यः: to them
• ताभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Plural

• गोभ्यः: to the cows
• गोभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Plural

• प्रत्येकशः: separately, to each one
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रत्येकशः

• प्रभुः: the lord
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Brahmā
• cows (gāvaḥ)