Shloka 22
कृपकृपी-जननम्
The Birth of Kṛpa and Kṛpī; Kṛpa’s Attainment of Astras
Devanagari script
इह तस्मात् प्रजाहेतो: प्रजायन्ते नरोत्तमा: | यथैवाहं पितु: क्षेत्रे जातस्तेन महर्षिणा
Transliteration
iha tasmāt prajāhetoḥ prajāyante narottamāḥ | yathaivāhaṁ pituḥ kṣetre jātas tena maharṣiṇā ||
Translation
“इसलिए यहाँ संतान के हेतु श्रेष्ठ पुरुष नियत विधि से उत्पन्न किए जाते हैं—जैसे मैं स्वयं अपने पिता के क्षेत्र में उस महर्षि के द्वारा उत्पन्न हुआ था।”
Word by Word
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
तस्मात्from that; therefore
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, ablative, singular
प्रजाहेतोःfrom the cause of progeny
प्रजाहेतोः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजाहेतु
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
प्रजायन्तेare born; come into being
प्रजायन्ते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + जन्
Formpresent, third, plural, ātmanepada
नरोत्तमाःbest of men
नरोत्तमाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनरोत्तम
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
एवindeed; exactly
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formnominative, singular
पितुःof (my) father
पितुः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
क्षेत्रेin the field (womb/lineage)
क्षेत्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र
Formneuter, locative, singular
जातःborn
जातः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular, kta (past passive participle)
तेनby him; by that
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, instrumental, singular
महर्षिणाby the great sage
महर्षिणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaA
a great sage (maharṣi)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes