Shloka 13

Sāgaropākhyāna—Bhārata-varṣa-māna and Gokarṇa-kṣetra-māhātmya

Sagara Episode: Measure of Bhārata and the Glory of Gokarṇa

Devanagari script

तत्क्षेत्रसेवनरतिर् नैव जात्वभिजायते / समीपे वसमानोनामपि पुंसां दुरात्मनाम्

Transliteration

tatkṣetrasevanaratir naiva jātvabhijāyate / samīpe vasamānonāmapi puṃsāṃ durātmanām

Translation

Le goût du service de ce kṣetra ne naît jamais chez les hommes au cœur mauvais, même s’ils demeurent tout près.

Word by Word

• tat-kṣetra-sevana-ratiḥ: delight in serving that sacred place
• tat-kṣetra-sevana-ratiḥ: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + sevana (प्रातिपदिक) + rati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: tat-kṣetre sevane ratiḥ / tatkṣetrasevanasya ratiḥ (sense: delight in serving that holy place)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable negation particle (निषेध)

• eva: indeed/at all
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• jātu: ever
• jātu: Kāla (काल/Time adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jātu (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (कालवाचक) meaning ‘ever/at any time’

• abhijāyate: arises/is born
• abhijāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• samīpe: near
• samīpe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन) used adverbially

• vasamānonām: of those dwelling
• vasamānonām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (वस् धातु)
• Form: Present middle participle (शानच्/वर्तमानकृदन्त), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘of those dwelling’

• api: even
• api: Sambandha-bodha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (अपि) expressing ‘even/also’

• puṃsām: of men
• puṃsām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• durātmanām: of wicked-souled (men)
• durātmanām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय: duṣṭa ātmā yasya/yeṣām