Shloka 2

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy

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Devanagari script

स्थापयित्वा च मर्यादा: स्वयम्भुविहिता: शुभा: । वन॑ पुण्ययश:कर्मा रमणीयं प्रवेक्ष्यति,उनका यश तथा कर्म सभी परम पावन होंगे। वे ब्रह्माजीकी चलायी हुई मंगलमयी मर्यादाओंकी स्थापना करके (तपस्याके लिये) रमणीय वनमें प्रवेश करेंगे

Transliteration

sthāpayitvā ca maryādāḥ svayambhuvihitāḥ śubhāḥ | vanaṁ puṇyayaśaḥkarmā ramaṇīyaṁ pravekṣyati ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Having established the auspicious boundaries of right conduct ordained by Svayambhū (Brahmā), he—whose fame and deeds are wholly purifying—will enter a delightful forest, withdrawing into the wilderness for disciplined practice and the protection of dharma.”

Word by Word

• स्थापयित्वा: having established
• स्थापयित्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) / स्थापय् (णिच्-धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), कर्तरि

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

• मर्यादाः: boundaries/ordinances
• मर्यादाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्यादा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वयम्भुविहिताः: ordained by Svayambhū (Brahmā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वयम्भु-विहित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle) from वि-धा

• शुभाः: auspicious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुण्ययशःकर्मा: one whose fame and deeds are meritorious
• पुण्ययशःकर्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य-यशस्-कर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रमणीयम्: delightful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रमणीय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रवेक्ष्यति: will enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 3rd, Singular, परस्मैपद

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Svayambhū (Brahmā)
• vana (forest)