Shloka 20

अक्षद्यूतप्रवेशः — Kali’s Entry and the Initiation of the Dice-Contest

Devanagari script

त्वं चैव हि नरश्रेष्ठ देवाश्रैन्द्रपुरोगमा: । आयान्तु सहिता: सर्वे मम यत्र स्वयंवर:,“नरश्रेष्ठी] आप और इन्द्र आदि सब देवता एक ही साथ उस रंगमण्डपमें पधारें, जहाँ मेरा स्वयंवर होनेवाला है

Transliteration

tvaṃ caiva hi naraśreṣṭha devāś ca indrapurogamāḥ | āyāntu sahitāḥ sarve mama yatra svayaṃvaraḥ ||

Translation

“O best of men, you too—and all the gods led by Indra—should come together to the place where my svayaṃvara is to be held. Let the entire assembly arrive in unity, for there my choice of husband will be made in the presence of the foremost beings.”

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हि: for/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• नरश्रेष्ठ: O best of men
• Type: Noun (vocative used as address)
• Root: नरश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इन्द्रपुरोगमाः: with Indra going in front (led by Indra)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्रपुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आयान्तु: let them come
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (आ-)
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सहिताः: together/assembled
• Type: Adjective (past participial)
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मम: my/of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• स्वयंवरः: the svayaṃvara (self-choice ceremony)
• स्वयंवरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंवर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• naraśreṣṭha (addressed person)
• Indra
• devas (the gods)
• svayaṃvara (the ceremony/occasion)