Shloka 21

Asamañjasa-tyāga (Abandoning Asamañjasa) — Sagara-carita Continuation

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः प्रसीद नो मुनिश्रेष्ठ वयं त्वां शरणं गताः / उपद्रुतं जगत्सर्वंसागरैः संप्रणश्यति

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ prasīda no muniśreṣṭha vayaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ / upadrutaṃ jagatsarvaṃsāgaraiḥ saṃpraṇaśyati

Translation

Les dieux dirent : Sois-nous favorable, ô muni suprême ! Nous avons cherché refuge en toi. Le monde entier, tourmenté, périt sous l’assaut des océans.

Word by Word

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa, Bahuvacana; parasmaipada

• prasīda: be gracious; be pleased
• prasīda: Kriyā (क्रिया/Request)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-sad (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• naḥ: to us
• naḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive) / Dvitīyā (Accusative) Bahuvacana; here in sense of Dative/beneficiary 'to us' (asmābhyaḥ)

• muni-śreṣṭha: O best of sages
• muni-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (मुनीनाम् श्रेष्ठ)

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• śaraṇam: refuge
• śaraṇam: Gati/Karma (गति-कर्म/Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; used adverbially with gam

• gatāḥ: have gone; have taken (refuge)
• gatāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Kta (past active/passive participle in usage), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; agrees with vayam/devāḥ

• upadrutam: afflicted; distressed
• upadrutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upadruta (प्रातिपदिक; from upa-drav)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; here Prathamā agreeing with jagat

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• sarvam: entire; all
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with jagat

• sāgaraiḥ: by the oceans
• sāgaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana

• saṃpraṇaśyati: is perishing; is being destroyed
• saṃpraṇaśyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-pra-naś (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada