Shloka 10

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

सम्मित: सामवेदेन पुरैवादियुगे कृत: । धार्यते स्वयमीशेन राजन्‌ नारायणेन च,राजन! यह धर्म सामवेदके समान है। प्राचीनकालके सत्ययुगसे ही यह प्रचलित हुआ है। स्वयं जगदीश्वर भगवान्‌ नारायण ही इस धर्मको धारण करते हैं

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | sammitāḥ sāmavedena puraivādiyuge kṛtāḥ | dhāryate svayam īśena rājan nārāyaṇena ca ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, this dharma is in full accord with the Sāmaveda. It was established long ago, in the primordial age. Indeed, the Lord Himself—Nārāyaṇa—upholds and bears this dharma.”

Word by Word

• सम्मितः: equal/commensurate (with)
• सम्मितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्मित (सम् + मि/मा धातु से क्त; ‘मित/मापित/समतुल्य’)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सामवेदेन: with/by the Sāmaveda
• सामवेदेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामवेद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, in ancient times
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

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

• आदि-युगे: in the primordial age
• आदि-युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदियुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कृतः: made/established
• कृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धार्यते: is borne/maintained
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धारणे)
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• स्वयम्: by oneself, personally
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• ईशेन: by the Lord
• ईशेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नारायणेन: by Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nārāyaṇa
• Sāmaveda
• Rājan (the King, i.e., the listener addressed)