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Shloka 5

Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve

Gandharva Encounter

स्कन्द उवाच हव्यं कव्यं च यत्किंचिद्‌ द्विजानां मन्त्रसंस्तुतम्‌ । होष्यन्त्यग्नौ सदा देवि स्वाहेत्युक्त्वा समुद्धूतम्‌,स्कन्द बोले--देवि! आजसे सन्मार्गपर चलने-वाले सदाचारी धर्मात्मा मनुष्य देवताओं तथा पितरोंके लिये हव्य और कव्यके रूपमें उठाकर ब्राह्मणोंद्वारा उच्चारित वेदमन्त्रोंके साथ अग्निमें जो कुछ आहुति देंगे, वह सब स्वाहाका नाम लेकर ही अर्पण करेंगे। शोभने! इस प्रकार तुम्हारे साथ निरन्तर अग्निदेवका निवास बना रहेगा

skanda uvāca: havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca yat kiṃcid dvijānāṃ mantrasaṃstutam | hoṣyanty agnau sadā devi svāhety uktvā samuddhūtam ||

Skanda said: “O Goddess, whatever offering there may be—havya for the gods or kavya for the ancestors—praised and sanctified by the Vedic mantras uttered by the twice-born, they will always pour into the fire, pronouncing ‘svāhā’ as they lift it up and offer it. Thus, through such righteous conduct, the presence of Agni remains continually established with you.”

स्कन्दःSkanda
स्कन्दः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
हव्यम्oblation for the gods
हव्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कव्यम्oblation for the ancestors
कव्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकव्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यत्whatever
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
किंचित्anything (at all)
किंचित्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् + चित्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
द्विजानाम्of the twice-born (Brahmins)
द्विजानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
मन्त्रसंस्तुतम्praised/recited with mantras
मन्त्रसंस्तुतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्त्र-संस्तुत
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
होष्यन्तिthey will offer (as oblation)
होष्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootहु
FormSimple Future (Lṛṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
अग्नौin the fire
अग्नौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
देविO goddess
देवि:
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
स्वाहाsvāhā (oblation-call)
स्वाहा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वाहा
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
उक्त्वाhaving said/uttering
उक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormAbsolutive (ktvā), Active
समुद्धूतम्raised up/taken up (as offering)
समुद्धूतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उद्-धू
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

स्कन्द उवाच

S
Skanda
D
Devī
A
Agni
D
dvija (Brahmins)
H
havya
K
kavya
S
svāhā
M
mantra (Vedic mantras)