Shloka 68
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
Devanagari script
ब्रह्मा शतक्रतुर्विष्णुर्विश्वेदेवा महर्षय: । न विदुस्त्वामिति ततस्तुष्ट: प्रोवाच तं शिव:
Translation
“ब्रह्मा, शतक्रतु (इन्द्र), विष्णु, विश्वेदेव और महर्षि भी आपको यथार्थ रूप से नहीं जानते”—यह सुनकर भगवान् शिव अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हुए और तण्डि से बोले।
Word by Word
ब्रह्माBrahmā
ब्रह्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शतक्रतुःIndra (the hundred-sacrificer)
शतक्रतुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशतक्रतु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विश्वेदेवाःthe Viśvedevas (all the gods as a class)
विश्वेदेवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वेदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महर्षयःgreat sages
महर्षयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
विदुःknow
विदुः:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Accusative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
ततःthen; therefore
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
तुष्टःpleased; satisfied
तुष्टः:
TypeAdjective
Rootतुष्ट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रोवाचsaid; spoke forth
प्रोवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + वच्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
तम्to him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
शिवःŚiva
शिवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
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Meter (Chandas)
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