Shloka 14

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

Sagara Episode: Measure of Bhārata and the Glory of Gokarṇa

Devanagari script

महाता सुकृतेनैव तत्क्षेत्रगमने रतिः / नृणां संजायते राजन्नान्यथा तु कथञ्चन

Transliteration

mahātā sukṛtenaiva tatkṣetragamane ratiḥ / nṛṇāṃ saṃjāyate rājannānyathā tu kathañcana

Translation

Ô roi, c’est uniquement par un grand mérite que naît chez les hommes le désir d’aller à ce kṣetra; autrement, nullement.

Word by Word

• mahatā: by great (means)/by great (merit)
• mahatā: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively ‘by great (merit)’

• sukṛtena: by good deed/merit
• sukṛtena: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

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

• tat-kṣetra-gamane: in going to that sacred place
• tat-kṣetra-gamane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: tat-kṣetre gamanam

• ratiḥ: delight/attachment
• ratiḥ: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

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

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

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

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

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (प्रकारवाचक) meaning ‘otherwise’

• tu: but
• tu: Vyatireka (व्यतिरेक/Contrast marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (तु) adversative/emphatic

• kathañcana: in any way whatsoever
• kathañcana: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathañcana (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (निषेधार्थे) meaning ‘in any way (at all)’ often with negation