Shloka 18

Karṇa–Sūrya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dāna, and the Amoghā Śakti (कर्ण–सूर्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

इ्धितज्ञास्ततो भर्तुश्न॒त्वारो रजनीचरा: । चतुर्ष्वज्रेषु जगृहुः शार्टूलमिव पक्षिण:,तब स्वामीके संकेतको समझनेवाले चार निशाचर अपनी जगहसे उठे और जिस प्रकार पक्षी सिंहको पकड़े, उसी प्रकार वे अंगदके चार अंगोंको पकड़ने लगे

Transliteration

iddhitajñās tato bhartuḥ saṃketaṃ catvāro rajanīcarāḥ | caturṣv aṅgeṣu jagṛhuḥ śārdūlam iva pakṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then four night-roaming beings, skilled at understanding their master’s signal, rose from their places and seized him by his four limbs—just as birds might clutch a tiger.

Word by Word

• इद्धितज्ञाः: knowers of the signal/indication
• इद्धितज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इद्धितज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• भर्तुः: of the master/lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रजनीचराः: night-wanderers (demons)
• रजनीचराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनीचर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चतुःषु: in/at the four (places/parts)
• चतुःषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• अङ्गेषु: in the limbs
• अङ्गेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• जगृहुः: they seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• शार्दूलम्: a tiger
• शार्दूलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पक्षिणः: birds
• पक्षिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)
• भर्ता/स्वामी (the master/lord, unnamed here)
• रजनीचराः (night-roaming beings)
• शार्दूल (tiger)
• पक्षिणः (birds)
• अङ्ग (limbs)