Shloka 12

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages

Devanagari script

इत्येवमुक्‍्त्वा तां भार्या सर्चीको भृगुनन्दन: । तपस्यभिरत: श्रीमाञ्जगामारण्यमेव हि,अपनी पत्नीसे ऐसा कहकर भृगुनन्दन श्रीमान्‌ ऋचीक मुनि तपस्यामें तत्पर हो जंगलमें चले गये

Transliteration

ity evam uktvā tāṃ bhāryāṃ ṛcīko bhṛgunandanaḥ | tapasyābhirataḥ śrīmān jagāma araṇyam eva hi ||

Translation

Vāyu dit : «Après avoir ainsi parlé à son épouse, l’illustre Ṛcīka—gloire de la lignée de Bhṛgu—tout entier voué aux austérités, partit en vérité pour la forêt.»

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• भार्याम्: wife
• भार्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• ऋचीकः: R̥cīka (name)
• ऋचीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋचीक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भृगुनन्दनः: descendant/son of Bhṛgu
• भृगुनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु-नन्दन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तपस्याभिरतः: devoted to austerities
• तपस्याभिरतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्या-अभिरत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• श्रीमान्: illustrious, venerable
• श्रीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), past (perfect), third, singular, active

• अरण्यम्: to the forest
• अरण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva) (speaker attribution)
• ऋचीक मुनि (Ṛcīka)
• ऋचीक की पत्नी (Ṛcīka's wife)
• भृगुवंश (Bhṛgu lineage)
• अरण्य (forest)