Shloka 6

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Consolation to the King: Exempla of Rāma and the Efficacy of Allies (मार्कण्डेयाश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

स तासां भगवांस्तुष्टो महात्मा प्रददौ वरान्‌ । लोकपालोपमान्‌ पुत्रानेकैकस्या यथेप्सितान्‌

Transliteration

sa tāsāṁ bhagavāṁs tuṣṭo mahātmā pradadau varān | lokapālopamān putrān ekaikasyā yathepsitān ||

Translation

Sang Mahātma yang mulia itu, puas terhadap mereka, menganugerahkan karunia: kepada masing-masing, putra-putra sesuai kehendaknya, setara dengan para penjaga dunia (Lokapāla).

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तासाम्: of them (to those women)
• तासाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• भगवान्: the blessed lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रददौ: gave/bestowed
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (प्र + दा)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• वरान्: boons
• वरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• लोकपालोपमान्: equal to the Lokapālas (world-guardians)
• लोकपालोपमान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोकपाल-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एकैकस्याः: of each (one) of them
• एकैकस्याः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एकैक + तद् (स्त्री-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• ईप्सितान्: desired (by them)
• ईप्सितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• bhagavān (the blessed divine figure)
• lokapāla (world-guardians, as a class)