Shloka 3

अग्निभय-प्रसङ्गे मन्दपालस्य शोकः

Mandapāla’s Lament amid the Threat of Fire

Devanagari script

तमब्रवीद्‌ धूमकेतु: प्रतिगृह जलेश्वरम्‌ । चतुर्थ लोकपालानां देवदेव॑ सनातनम्‌,चौथे लोकपाल सनातन देवदेव जलेश्वर वरुणका स्वागत-सत्कार करके धूमकेतु अग्निने उनसे कहा--

Transliteration

tam abravīd dhūmaketuḥ pratigṛha jaleśvaram | caturtha-lokapālānāṃ devadevaṃ sanātanam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: Dhūmaketu se dirigió a Jaleśvara Varuṇa—eterno Señor de señores y cuarto entre los guardianes de los mundos—e invitó al dios a aceptar la hospitalidad y el recibimiento que se le ofrecían.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धूमकेतुः: Dhūmaketu (Agni; 'smoke-bannered')
• धूमकेतुः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name/epithet)
• Root: धूमकेतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिगृह्य: having received/accepted
• प्रतिगृह्य: Karma
• Type: Verb (absolutive)
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (sense)

• जलेश्वरम्: the lord of waters (Varuṇa)
• जलेश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चतुर्थम्: the fourth
• चतुर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: चतुर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोकपालानाम्: of the world-guardians
• लोकपालानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• देवदेवम्: the god of gods
• देवदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सनातनम्: eternal/ancient
• सनातनम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhūmaketu
• Varuṇa (Jaleśvara)
• Lokapālas (world-guardians)