Shloka 31

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

तत्र गत्वा मया सार्ध पर्युपासन्त तां शुभाम्‌ । अथाहमनब्रुवं तत्र देवीं तां तपसान्विताम्‌,“वे सब लोग मेरे साथ ही उस शुभलक्षणा तपस्विनी सुरभी देवीके पास जाकर खड़े हुए। तब मैंने वहाँ उससे कहा--

Transliteration

tatra gatvā mayā sārdhaṃ paryupāsanta tāṃ śubhām | athāham anabravaṃ tatra devīṃ tāṃ tapasānvitām |

Translation

They all went there with me and stood beside that auspicious one, attending upon her with reverence. Then, in that very place, I addressed the goddess Surabhī, endowed with austerity, and began my speech thus:

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, speaker (aham)

• मया: by me / with me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, instrumental, singular

• सार्धम्: together (with)
• सार्धम्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम्

• पर्युपासन्त: they attended / waited upon
• पर्युपासन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-उप-आस्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, plural, active

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• शुभाम्: auspicious / beautiful
• शुभाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• अनब्रुवम्: I said / spoke
• अनब्रुवम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-ब्रू
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 1st, singular, active

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• तपसा: with austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• अन्विताम्: endowed (with)
• अन्विताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Surabhī (devī)