Shloka 19

Rāma’s Abhiṣeka Plan, Kaikeyī’s Boon, and the Initiation of the Exile

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account

Devanagari script

77/# ७८ हन्स जा टूर ६९२०५ 3 रे 232 ६ ७) 42 4 5 ८ 2 ; 5 63 २८ ४ 5३ ५ 5 4६.2 निराहारस्तु स मुनिरुञ्छमार्जयते पुन: । न चैनं विक्रियां नेतुमशकन्मुद्गलं क्षुधा,मुनि निराहार रहकर पुन: अन्नके दाने बीनने लगे। भूखका कष्ट उनके मनमें विकार उत्पन्न करनेमें समर्थ न हो सका

Transliteration

nirāhārastu sa muniruñcham ārjayate punaḥ | na cainaṁ vikriyāṁ netum aśakan mudgalaṁ kṣudhā ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: That sage, though fasting, again went about gathering gleanings. Hunger could not drive Mudgala into any inner disturbance or moral deviation; even under bodily hardship his mind remained steady and disciplined.

Word by Word

• निराहारः: without food, fasting
• निराहारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराहार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उञ्छम्: gleaning (picking up leftover grains)
• उञ्छम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उञ्छ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आर्जयते: obtains/collects
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विक्रियाम्: change/disturbance (of mind)
• विक्रियाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रिया
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नेतुम्: to lead/carry (into)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• अशकत्: was able
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Aorist (simple past), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मुद्गलम्: Mudgala (the sage)
• मुद्गलम्: Karma
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: मुद्गल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्षुधा: hunger
• क्षुधा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुध्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Mudgala
• muni (sage)
• kṣudhā (hunger)
• uñcha (gleanings/grain)