Shloka 573

Sūrya’s Counsel to Karṇa on Indra’s Intended Request

Kuṇḍala–Kavaca Discourse

Devanagari script

सागरक्रमणे मन्त्र मन्त्रयाम: परंतप । परंतप! उसकी यह बात सुनकर हमलोग तुरंत उठे और समुद्र पार करनेके विषयमें परस्पर सलाह करने लगे

Transliteration

sāgarakramaṇe mantra mantra-yāmaḥ parantapa | parantapa! asyāḥ kathāyāḥ śrutvā vayam-āśu utthāya samudra-pāra-karaṇe viṣaye parasparaṃ mantrayituṃ pravṛttāḥ |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “O scorcher of foes, we took counsel about the means of crossing the ocean. O Parantapa! Hearing her words, we rose at once and began deliberating among ourselves about how to pass beyond the sea.”

Word by Word

• सागर: in/with regard to the ocean
• सागर: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• क्रमणे: in crossing/stepping (i.e., crossing)
• क्रमणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रमण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मन्त्र: counsel, consultation
• मन्त्र: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मन्त्रयामः: we consult / we deliberate
• मन्त्रयामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्रय्
• Form: Present, First, Plural, Parasmaipada, Indicative

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes (epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Parantapa (addressed figure)
• Ocean/Sea (sāgara/samudra)