Shloka 121

Devanagari script

एतद्रहस्यं कथितं तस्याश्चरितमद्भुतम् / भूय एव प्रवक्ष्यामि सावधानमनाः शृणु

Transliteration

etadrahasyaṃ kathitaṃ tasyāścaritamadbhutam / bhūya eva pravakṣyāmi sāvadhānamanāḥ śṛṇu

Translation

यह रहस्य मैंने कहा और उसका अद्भुत चरित्र भी। अब फिर से बताऊँगा; सावधान चित्त से सुनो।

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• rahasyam: secret, mystery
• rahasyam: Karma (कर्म) / Pradhāna-pada of clause
• Type: Noun
• Root: rahasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kathitam: told, narrated
• kathitam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa / Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त); Neuter, Nominative, Singular; agrees with 'rahasyam'

• tasya: of him/it
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Genitive (6/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• āścaritam: deed, conduct, story
• āścaritam: Karma (कर्म) / Apposition to 'rahasyam'
• Type: Noun
• Root: ā-carita (आचरित) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• adbhutam: wonderful, marvelous
• adbhutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies 'āścaritam'

• bhūyaḥ: again, further
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) of emphasis

• pravakṣyāmi: I shall explain/tell
• pravakṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: Simple future (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• sāvadhāna-manāḥ: with attentive mind
• sāvadhāna-manāḥ: Sambodhana/Addressed qualifier (सम्बोधन-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-avadhāna (सावधान) + manas (मनस्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); bahuvrīhi-like sense but form is karmadhāraya: 'one whose mind is attentive'

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)