Shloka 99

Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्

Devanagari script

यातुधान्युवाच नामनैरुक्तमेतत्‌ ते दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम्‌ | नैतद्‌ धारयितुं शक्‍्यं गच्छावतर पद्मिनीम्‌,यातुधानी बोली--तुम्हारे नामकी व्याख्याका भी उच्चारण करना मेरे लिये कठिन है। अतः इसको याद रखना असम्भव है। जाओ, तुम भी बावड़ीमें उतरो

Transliteration

yātudhānī uvāca nāma-nairuktam etat te duḥkha-vyābhāṣitākṣaram | na etad dhārayituṁ śakyaṁ gaccha āvatara padminīm ||

Translation

The yātudhānī said: “This etymological explanation of your name is hard for me even to pronounce; its syllables come out with difficulty and pain. Therefore I cannot retain it in memory. Go—descend into the padminī (the lotus-filled pond/stepwell) as well.”

Word by Word

• यातुधानी: the Yātudhānī (female demoness)
• यातुधानी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधानी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• नैरुक्तम्: etymologically explained/derived
• नैरुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नैरुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम्: a syllable/word uttered with difficulty (painfully pronounced)
• दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख-व्याभाषित-अक्षर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धारयितुम्: to retain/remember/bear
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• शक्यम्: possible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• अवतर: descend/enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-तॄ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• पद्मिनीम्: the lotus-pond (Padminī)
• पद्मिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

विश्वामित्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• विश्वामित्र (Viśvāmitra)
• यातुधानी (Yātudhānī)
• पद्मिनी (Padminī—lotus-pond/stepwell)