Shloka 22

Vṛddha-kanyā-carita and Balarāma’s Kurukṣetra Inquiry (वृद्धकन्या-चरितम् / कुरुक्षेत्रफल-प्रश्नः)

Devanagari script

सारस्वत इति ख्यातो भविष्यति महातपा: । एष द्वादशवार्षिक्यामनावृष्ट्यां द्विजर्षभान्‌

Transliteration

sārasvata iti khyāto bhaviṣyati mahātapāḥ | eṣa dvādaśavārṣikyām anāvṛṣṭyāṃ dvijarṣabhān

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “This great ascetic will become renowned by the name ‘Sārasvata.’ In the twelve-year drought, he will sustain the foremost of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas).”

Word by Word

• सारस्वतः: Sārasvata (name/epithet)
• सारस्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारस्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus; as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ख्यातः: known; famed; called
• ख्यातः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्यात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be; will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular

• महातपाः: a great ascetic (one of great austerity)
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वादशवार्षिक्याम्: in the twelve-year (period)
• द्वादशवार्षिक्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशवार्षिकी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अनावृष्ट्याम्: in the drought; in the absence of rain
• अनावृष्ट्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनावृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• द्विजर्षभान्: the best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजर्षभान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sārasvata
• Sarasvatī (implied by the epithet)
• dvijarṣabhas (foremost brāhmaṇas)