Shloka 19

Uttaṅka’s Petition for Madayantī’s Divine Earrings (Maṇikuṇḍala) — Agreement, Proof, and Vigilance

Devanagari script

कि त्वद्य यदि ते श्रद्धा गमनं॑ प्रति भार्गव । अनुज्ञां प्रतिगृहा त्वं स्‍्वगृहान्‌ गच्छ मा चिरम्‌,भृगुनन्दन! यदि आज तुम्हारे मनमें यहाँसे जानेकी इच्छा हुई है तो मेरी आज्ञा स्वीकार करो और शीघ्र ही यहाँसे अपने घरको चले जाओ

Transliteration

kiṃ tv adya yadi te śraddhā gamanaṃ prati bhārgava | anu-jñāṃ pratigṛhya tvaṃ svagṛhān gaccha mā ciram, bhṛgunandana ||

Translation

Gautama said: “But if today you truly have the resolve to depart, O Bhārgava, then accept my permission and go back to your own home without delay, O delight of the Bhṛgus.”

Word by Word

• किम्: then/indeed (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्
• Form: interrogative particle (used idiomatically as 'indeed/then')

• त्वत्: from you
• त्वत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: masc/neut, ablative, singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि
• Form: conditional particle

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: genitive/dative, singular

• श्रद्धा: desire/resolve/faith (here: inclination)
• श्रद्धा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• गमनम्: going/departure
• गमनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• प्रति: towards/with regard to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति
• Form: preverb/preposition

• भार्गव: O Bhārgava
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• अनुज्ञाम्: permission/leave
• अनुज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज्ञा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• प्रतिगृह्य: having accepted
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), indeclinable; 'having accepted'

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: nominative, singular

• स्वगृहान्: your own homes/house
• स्वगृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वगृह
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: imperative, 2nd person, singular, parasmaipada

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: prohibitive particle

• चिरम्: for long / long (delay)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर
• Form: adverbial accusative

• भृगुनन्दन: O descendant/son of Bhṛgu
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगुनन्दन
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

गौतम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Bhārgava (a descendant of Bhṛgu)
• Bhṛgu (lineage reference)