Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 12

Śaryāti, Sukanyā, Cyavana Muni, the Aśvinī-kumāras, and Kakudmī-Revatī

Baladeva Marriage

Devanagari script

ग्रहं ग्रहीष्ये सोमस्य यज्ञे वामप्यसोमपो: । क्रियतां मे वयो रूपं प्रमदानां यदीप्सितम् ॥ १२ ॥

Transliteration

grahaṁ grahīṣye somasya yajñe vām apy asoma-poḥ kriyatāṁ me vayo-rūpaṁ pramadānāṁ yad īpsitam

Translation

Cyavana Muni dit : « Bien que vous ne soyez pas habilités à boire le soma-rasa dans le sacrifice, je vous promets une jarre pleine. Accordez-moi donc jeunesse et beauté, si désirées des jeunes femmes. »

Synonyms

• ग्रहम्: the Soma-cup/oblation (graha)
• ग्रहम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ग्रहीष्ये: I shall take
• ग्रहीष्ये: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वाम्: for you two / to you two
• वाम्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-रूप (Genitive/Dative), द्विवचन; enclitic; here दत्त-सम्बन्धे (for you two)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), ‘also/even’

• असोमपोः: of you two non-Soma-drinkers
• असोमपोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असोमप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘सोमं न पिबतः’ (those two who do not drink Soma)

• क्रियताम्: let it be made
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be done/made’

• मे: for me
• मे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-रूप (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; enclitic; here सम्प्रदानार्थे (for me)

• वयोरूपम्: youth and beauty
• वयोरूपम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (age and form)

• प्रमदानाम्: of women
• प्रमदानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc) एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative) with ‘ईप्सितम्’

• ईप्सितम्: desired
• ईप्सितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; from desiderative of आप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc) एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used adjectivally

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā Muni
• Aśvinī-kumāras (the twin physicians of the demigods)
• Soma

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about accepting a share in a Soma-yajña?

This verse shows that a participant may request or accept an allotted portion in a Soma sacrifice, but the request is tied to motive—here, Durvāsā’s acceptance is coupled with a desire for youth and beauty.

Why did Durvāsā Muni speak this to the Aśvinī-kumāras?

Durvāsā approached the Aśvinī-kumāras (renowned divine physicians) asking them to grant him youth and an attractive form, and he linked this request to accepting a Soma portion in the sacrifice.

What is a practical application of this shloka in modern life?

It cautions that spiritual or religious acts can become mixed with personal vanity or desire; one should examine motives and pursue devotion and self-discipline rather than external beauty as the goal.