Shloka 12

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

नवनीतं यथा दध्नो मलयाच्चन्दनं यथा,ब्रह्म! जैसे दहीसे मक्खन, मलयपर्वतसे चन्दन, वेदोंसे आरण्यक और ओषधियोंसे अमृत निकाला गया है, उसी प्रकार आपने यह कथारूपी अमृत निकालकर रखा है

Transliteration

Janamejaya uvāca: navanītaṃ yathā dadhno malayāc candanaṃ yathā, vedebhya āraṇyakaṃ yathauṣadhībhyo 'mṛtaṃ yathā, tathā tvayā brahman kathāmṛtam uddhṛtya nihitaṃ.

Translation

Janamejaya said: “Just as butter is drawn from curd, and sandalwood comes from the Malaya mountain; and as the Āraṇyakas are distilled from the Vedas and nectar is extracted from healing herbs, so too, O Brahman, you have drawn out and set before us this nectar-like essence in the form of sacred narrative.”

Word by Word

• नवनीतम्: fresh butter
• नवनीतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवनीत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• दध्नः: from curd / of curd
• दध्नः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि
• Form: Neuter, Ablative/Genitive, Singular

• मलयात्: from (Mount) Malaya
• मलयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मलय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• चन्दनम्: sandalwood
• चन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• ब्रह्म: O Brahman! (O sage/priest!)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• जनमेजय (Janamejaya)
• ब्रह्मन् (a Brahmin sage, addressee)
• मलय पर्वत/मलय (Malaya mountain/region)
• नवनीत (butter)
• दधि (curd)
• चन्दन (sandalwood)
• वेद (Vedas)
• आरण्यक (Āraṇyakas)
• ओषधि (medicinal herbs)
• अमृत (nectar/ambrosia)
• कथा (sacred narrative)