Shloka 19

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

ऊचुस्तान्‌ वै मुनीन्‌ सर्वान्‌ कृपायुक्तान्‌ पुनः पुनः । वयं च क्षुधिताश्रैव धर्माद्धीनाश्न शाश्वतात्‌

Transliteration

ūcus tān vai munīn sarvān kṛpāyuktān punaḥ punaḥ | vayaṃ ca kṣudhitāś caiva dharmādhīnān na śāśvatāt ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Again and again they addressed all those sages, filled with compassion: “We too are hungry, and our sustenance depends upon dharma; we do not live by any eternal, independent provision.”

Word by Word

• ऊचुः: they said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• मुनीन्: sages
• मुनीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कृपा-युक्तान्: endowed with compassion
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपायुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

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

• क्षुधिताः: hungry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुधित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• धर्मात्: from dharma / from righteousness
• धर्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• हीनाः: deprived (of)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अस्म: we
• अस्म: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

• शाश्वतात्: from the eternal (state)/perpetually
• शाश्वतात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• muni (sages)