Shloka 7
Jayā-devāḥ Mantraśarīratvaṃ, Vairāgya, and Brahmā’s Śāpa
The Jayas’ Refusal of Progeny
Devanagari script
अजन्म काङ्क्षमाणास्ते निर्मुक्ता दोषदर्शिनः / अर्थं धर्मं च कामं च हित्वा ते वै व्यवस्थिताः
Transliteration
ajanma kāṅkṣamāṇāste nirmuktā doṣadarśinaḥ / arthaṃ dharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca hitvā te vai vyavasthitāḥ
Translation
Désirant l’état sans naissance, libres et clairvoyants quant aux défauts, ils abandonnèrent artha, dharma et kama, et demeurèrent établis.
Word by Word
a-janmanon-birth
a-janma:
Karma (कर्म; object of desiring)
TypeNoun
Roota + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPrivative (नञ्) compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); used as object of desire ‘non-birth’
kāṅkṣamāṇāḥdesiring
kāṅkṣamāṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; participial subject)
TypeVerb
Root√kāṅkṣ (धातु)
FormPresent middle participle (शानच्/वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
nirmuktāḥfreed
nirmuktāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
TypeVerb
Rootnir + √muc (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/भूतकर्मणि), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; ‘freed’
doṣa-darśinaḥperceivers of faults
doṣa-darśinaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; apposition to te)
TypeNoun
Rootdoṣa + darśin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘seeing faults’; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
arthamwealth/aim
artham:
Karma (कर्म; object of abandoning)
TypeNoun
Rootartha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
dharmamdharma/duty
dharmam:
Karma (कर्म; object of abandoning)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
kāmamdesire/pleasure
kāmam:
Karma (कर्म; object of abandoning)
TypeNoun
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
hitvāhaving abandoned
hitvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√hā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त) from √hā; ‘having abandoned’
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
vaiindeed
vai:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)
vyavasthitāḥsteadfast/established
vyavasthitāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-ava-√sthā (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; ‘established/steadfast’