Shloka 10

अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्

Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas

Devanagari script

तेषां नारायणनरौ तपस्तेपतुरव्ययौ । बदर्याश्रममासाद्य शकटे कनकामये,उनमेंसे अविनाशी नारायण और नर बदरिकाश्रममें जाकर एक सुवर्णमय रथपर स्थित हो घोर तपस्या करने लगे

Transliteration

teṣāṃ nārāyaṇanarau tapastepaturavyayau | badaryāśramamāsādya śakaṭe kanakāmaye ||

Translation

Di antara mereka, pasangan yang tak binasa—Nārāyaṇa dan Nara—mencapai pertapaan Badarī dan, duduk di atas kereta emas, menjalani tapa yang amat berat.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• नारायण-नरौ: Nārāyaṇa and Nara
• नारायण-नरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण; नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तेपतुः: they two performed (austerity)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Dual, Parasmaipada

• अव्ययौ: imperishable (the two)
• अव्ययौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• बदरी-आश्रमम्: the Badarī hermitage
• बदरी-आश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदरी; आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active

• शकटे: on/in a cart/chariot
• शकटे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकट
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कनक-मये: made of gold
• कनक-मये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कनक; मय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nārāyaṇa
• Nara
• Badaryāśrama (Badrikāśrama)
• kanaka-śakaṭa (golden chariot/cart)