Shloka 12

Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda

Kārttikeya

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच गाव: प्रतिष्ठा भूतानां तथा गाव: परायणम्‌ । गाव: पुण्या: पवित्राश्व गोधनं पावनं तथा

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca gāvaḥ pratiṣṭhā bhūtānāṃ tathā gāvaḥ parāyaṇam | gāvaḥ puṇyāḥ pavitrāś ca godhanaṃ pāvanaṃ tathā ||

Translation

Vyāsa berkata: Sapi-sapi adalah landasan bagi segala makhluk, dan juga menjadi perlindungan tertinggi. Sapi-sapi itu penuh kebajikan dan menyucikan; demikian pula kekayaan berupa ternak sapi adalah penyuci.

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रतिष्ठा: foundation, support
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तथा: thus; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• परायणम्: supreme refuge, final resort
• Type: Noun
• Root: परायण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• पुण्याः: meritorious, holy
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• पवित्राः: pure; purifying
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• गोधनम्: wealth in cows; cattle-wealth
• गोधनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोधन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पावनम्: purifying
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• cows (gāvaḥ)
• cattle-wealth (godhana)