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Shloka 15

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

कृताभिषेका: शुचय: कृतजप्याहुताग्नय: । भवन्त आसने स्वस्था ब्रवीमि किमहं द्विजा:,इस समय आप सभी स्नान, संध्या-वन्दन, जप और अग्निहोत्र आदि करके शुद्ध हो अपने-अपने आसनपर स्वस्थचित्तसे विराजमान हैं। आज्ञा कीजिये, मैं आपलोगोंको क्‍या सुनाऊँ? क्‍या मैं आपलोगोंको धर्म और अर्थके गूढ़ रहस्यसे युक्त, अन्तःकरणको शुद्ध करनेवाली भिन्न-भिन्न पुराणोंकी कथा सुनाऊँ अथवा उदारचरित महानुभाव ऋषियों एवं सम्राटोंके पवित्र इतिहास?

kṛtābhiṣekāḥ śucayaḥ kṛtajapyāhutāgnayaḥ | bhavanta āsane svasthā bravīmi kim ahaṃ dvijāḥ ||

“You have completed your ritual ablutions and are purified; you have performed your japa and offered oblations into the sacred fire. Seated comfortably upon your respective seats, composed and at ease—tell me, O twice-born ones, what shall I recite to you? Shall I narrate various Purāṇic accounts—subtle in their teachings of dharma and artha and purifying to the inner mind—or the holy histories of noble-souled sages and emperors of exalted conduct?”

कृताभिषेकाःhaving performed the consecratory bath/ablution
कृताभिषेकाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृताभिषेक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शुचयःpure, clean
शुचयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कृतजप्याहुताग्नयःhaving performed japa and offerings into the fire (agnihotra)
कृतजप्याहुताग्नयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतजप्याहुताग्नि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
भवन्तःyou (honorific), sirs
भवन्तः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
आसनेon the seat
आसने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआसन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
स्वस्थाःcomposed, at ease
स्वस्थाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वस्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ब्रवीमिI say / I speak
ब्रवीमि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormPresent, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहम्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
द्विजाःO twice-born (brahmins)
द्विजाः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Plural
D
dvijāḥ (the twice-born/Brahmin audience)
Ā
āsana (seats)
A
agni (sacred fire)