Shloka 44

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 96: Sātyaki’s Line-Penetration, Encirclement, and Advance toward Arjuna

Devanagari script

स्वाहा स्वधा शची चैव स्वस्ति कुर्वन्तु ते सदा । लक्ष्मीररुन्धती चैव कुरुतां स्वस्ति तेडनघ,निष्पाप नरेश! स्वाहा, स्वधा और शची आदि देवियाँ तुम्हारा सदा कल्याण करें। लक्ष्मी और अरुन्धती भी तुम्हारा मंगल करें

Transliteration

svāhā svadhā śacī caiva svasti kurvantu te sadā | lakṣmīr arundhatī caiva kurutāṃ svasti te 'nagha nṛeśa ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “May Svāhā, Svadhā, and Śacī ever bring you well-being. May Lakṣmī and Arundhatī also grant you auspiciousness, O blameless king.”

Word by Word

• स्वाहा: Svāhā (goddess/personification of oblation-call)
• स्वाहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाहा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वधा: Svadhā (goddess/personification of ancestral offering-call)
• स्वधा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शची: Śacī (Indrāṇī)
• शची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• स्वस्ति: welfare/auspiciousness
• स्वस्ति: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्वन्तु: may they do/may they grant
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• लक्ष्मीः: Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अरुन्धती: Arundhatī
• अरुन्धती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुन्धती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: also/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कुरुताम्: may the two do/may they both grant
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Third, Dual

• स्वस्ति: welfare/auspiciousness
• स्वस्ति: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निष्पाप: O guiltless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्पाप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Svāhā
• Svadhā
• Śacī (Indrāṇī)
• Lakṣmī
• Arundhatī
• the king (nareśa; addressed figure)