Shloka 17

अक्षहृदय-विद्या-प्रदानम्

Transmission of Akṣa-hṛdaya; Kali’s Exit and the Bibhītaka Refuge

Devanagari script

यथा चाहं समानीता सुदेवेनाशु बान्धवान्‌ । तेनैव मड़लेनाशु सुदेवो यातु मा चिरम्‌

Transliteration

yathā cāhaṃ samānītā sudevenāśu bāndhavān | tenaiva maṇḍalenāśu sudevo yātu mā ciram ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: “Just as I was swiftly brought by Sudeva to my kinsmen, so too—by that very same means—let Sudeva quickly go, without delay.”

Word by Word

• यथा: just as / in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• समानीता: brought / led (here: I, fem., was brought)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी (नी)
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular, kta (past passive participle)

• सुदेवेन: by Sudeva
• सुदेवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदेव
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• बान्धवान्: kinsmen / relatives
• बान्धवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• तेन: by that / with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

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

• मण्डलेन: by the circle/disc (i.e., by that same means/weapon)
• मण्डलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• सुदेवः: Sudeva
• सुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदेव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• यातु: let (him) go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: imperative (lot), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• मा: not (prohibitive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• चिरम्: for long / long time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर

Speaker

बृहदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• बृहदश्व (Bṛhadaśva)
• सुदेव (Sudeva)
• बान्धव (kinsmen/relatives)
• मण्डल (maṇḍala—circle/disc/device)