Shloka 20

Adhyāya 136: Yavakrī–Bharadvāja Saṃvāda and the Bāladhī–Dhanuṣākṣa Gāthā

Arrogance, Boons, and Nimitta

Devanagari script

स्वाध्यायार्थ समारम्भो ममायं पाकशासन | तपसा ज्ञातुमिच्छामि सर्वज्ञानानि कौशिक,पाकशासन! मेरा यह आयोजन स्वाध्यायके लिये ही है। कौशिक! मैं तपस्याद्वारा सब बातोंका ज्ञान प्राप्त करना चाहता हूँ

Transliteration

svādhyāyārtha-samārambho mamāyaṁ pākaśāsana | tapasā jñātum icchāmi sarva-jñānāni kauśika ||

Translation

Yavakrīta said: “O Pākaśāsana (Indra), this undertaking of mine is meant solely for sacred study (svādhyāya). O Kauśika, I wish—through austerity—to gain knowledge of all things.”

Word by Word

• स्वाध्यायार्थः: for the purpose of self-study (svādhyāya)
• स्वाध्यायार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाध्यायार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समारम्भः: undertaking; commencement
• समारम्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समारम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाकशासन: O Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• पाकशासन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाकशासन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity; through penance
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ज्ञातुम्: to know
• ज्ञातुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Tumun (infinitive), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada-neutral (infinitive)

• इच्छामि: I desire; I wish
• इच्छामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Indicative, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वज्ञानानि: all knowledges; all matters of knowledge
• सर्वज्ञानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कौशिक: O Kauśika
• कौशिक: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

यवक्रीत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• यवक्रीत (Yavakrīta)
• पाकशासन / इन्द्र (Pākaśāsana / Indra)
• कौशिक (Kauśika)