Shloka 9

Marutta Seeks a Priest: Bṛhaspati’s Refusal and Nārada’s Guidance to Saṃvarta

Chapter 6

Devanagari script

न त्वां याजयितास्म्यद्य वृणु यं त्वमिहेच्छसि । उपाध्यायं महाबाहो यस्ते यज्ञ करिष्यति,महाबाहो! मैं तुम्हारा यज्ञ नहीं कराऊँगा। तुम दूसरे जिसको चाहो उसीको अपना पुरोहित बना लो। जो तुम्हारा यज्ञ करायेगा

Transliteration

na tvāṁ yājayitāsmy adya vṛṇu yaṁ tvam ihecchasi | upādhyāyaṁ mahābāho yas te yajñaṁ kariṣyati ||

Translation

Marutta said: “I will not officiate your sacrifice today. Choose here whomever you wish as your priest—someone who will perform your yajña for you, O mighty-armed one.”

Word by Word

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

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• याजयिता: one who makes (someone) perform a sacrifice; officiating priest
• याजयिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: याजयितृ (यज्-णिच्)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: present indicative (lat), 1st, singular

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• वृणु: choose
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृणोति)
• Form: imperative (lot), 2nd, singular

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• इह: here/in this matter
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• इच्छसि: you desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छति)
• Form: present indicative (lat), 2nd, singular

• उपाध्यायम्: teacher; officiating priest (as preceptor)
• उपाध्यायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाध्याय
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• करिष्यति: will do/perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: simple future (lṛṭ), 3rd, singular

Speaker

मरुत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Marutta
• mahābāhu (epithet of the addressed person)
• yajña (sacrifice)