Shloka 20

Ambā’s Vow of Tapas after Paraśurāma’s Assessment (अम्बाया तपोव्रतनिश्चयः)

Devanagari script

अहमेकस्तु चारेण वचनान्नारदस्य च । ज्ञातवान्‌ देववाक्येन अम्बायास्तपसा तथा,केवल मैं गुप्तचरके दिये हुए समाचारसे, नारदजीके कथनसे, महादेवजीके वरदान- वाक्यसे तथा अम्बाकी तपस्यासे शिखण्डीके कन्या होनेका वृत्तान्त जान गया था

Transliteration

aham ekas tu cāreṇa vacanān nāradasya ca | jñātavān devavākyena ambāyās tapasā tathā ||

Translation

Dijo Bhīṣma: «Sólo yo llegué a conocer el relato de que Śikhaṇḍī nació como niña: por informes secretos de inteligencia, por la declaración de Nārada, por la palabra del don divino (de Mahādeva) y también por las austeridades de Ambā.»

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• एकः: alone, single
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• चारेण: by a spy (secret agent)
• चारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वचनात्: from the statement/words
• वचनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• नारदस्य: of Nārada
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• ज्ञातवान्: knew, came to know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic perfect / past sense), —, Singular, Masculine, Nominative

• देववाक्येन: by the divine utterance/boon-word
• देववाक्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देववाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अम्बायाः: of Ambā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity/penance
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तथा: likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śikhaṇḍī
• Nārada
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Ambā
• cāra (spy/intelligence agent)