Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

कं भवत्यै प्रयच्छामि गुर्वर्थ विनियुड्धक्ष्य माम्‌ । प्रियं हितं च काड्क्षामि प्राणैरपि धनैरपि,“माताजी! मुझे आज्ञा दीजिये, मैं गुरुदक्षिणामें आपको क्या दूँ? अपना धन और प्राण देकर भी मैं आपका प्रिय एवं हित करना चाहता हूँ

Transliteration

kaṃ bhavatyai prayacchāmi gurvarthaṃ viniyuddhakṣya mām | priyaṃ hitaṃ ca kāṅkṣāmi prāṇair api dhanair api ||

Translation

Gautama said: “What shall I offer you as the teacher’s fee (guru-dakṣiṇā)? Command me. I long to do what is both dear and beneficial to you—even if it must be done at the cost of my life or with all my wealth.”

Word by Word

• कम्: what (thing)
• कम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भवत्यै: to you (lady/mother)
• भवत्यै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

• प्रयच्छामि: I give / I offer
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गुरु-अर्थम्: for the teacher’s purpose (as guru-fee)
• गुरु-अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विनियुद्धक्ष्ये: I shall fight/strive (undertake effort)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नि + युध्
• Form: Future, First, Singular, Atmanepada

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• प्रियम्: what is pleasing / dear (act/thing)
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हितम्: what is beneficial
• हितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• काङ्क्षामि: I desire / I wish
• Type: Verb
• Root: काङ्क्ष्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्राणैः: with (my) lives / even by (my) life
• प्राणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• धनैः: with wealth / by wealth
• धनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

गौतम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Guru (teacher)
• Bhavatī (addressed lady/mother figure)
• Guru-dakṣiṇā (teacher’s fee)