Shloka 43

नियोगप्रसङ्गः — The Niyoga Episode: Births of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura

Devanagari script

अयाचन्त च मां राजन्‌ वरं तच्च मया कृतम्‌ । जाताउ्जातानू प्रक्षिपास्मान्‌ स्वयं गड़े त्वमम्भसि,राजन्‌! उस समय उन्होंने मुझसे याचना की और मैंने उसे पूर्ण किया। उनकी याचना इस प्रकार थी--“गंगे! हम ज्यों-ज्यों जन्म लें, तुम स्वयं हमें अपने जलमें डाल देना'

Transliteration

ayācanta ca māṃ rājan varaṃ tacca mayā kṛtam | jātaujātānū prakṣipāsmān svayaṃ gaṅge tvam ambhasi rājan |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, they begged a boon of me, and I granted it. Their request was this: ‘O Gaṅgā, whenever we are born again and again, you yourself should cast us into your waters, O King.’”

Word by Word

• अयाचन्त: they begged/asked
• अयाचन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Instrumental, Singular

• कृतम्: done/fulfilled
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• जातात्: from (one) born / after being born
• जातात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (from √जन्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• उत्-जातान्: newly born (ones)
• उत्-जातान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत् + जात (from √जन्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रक्षिप: throw/cast (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Plural

• स्वयम्: yourself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• गङ्गे: O Ganga
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• अम्भसि: in (the) water
• अम्भसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्भस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gaṅgā
• King (rājan)