Shloka 32

Marutta Seeks a Priest: Bṛhaspati’s Refusal and Nārada’s Guidance to Saṃvarta

Chapter 6

Devanagari script

स तथा बाध्यमानो वै संवर्तेन महीपति: । अन्वगादेव तमृषिं प्राउजलि: सम्प्रसादयन्‌,इस प्रकार संवर्तके सतानेपर भी राजा मरुत्त हाथ जोड़ उन्हें प्रसन्न करनेके उद्देश्यसे उन महर्षिके पीछे-पीछे चले ही गये

Transliteration

sa tathā bādhyamāno vai saṃvartena mahīpatiḥ | anvagād eva tam ṛṣiṃ prāñjaliḥ samprasādayan |

Translation

Though repeatedly obstructed by Saṃvarta, the king did not turn back. With palms joined in reverence, he continued to follow that sage, seeking to win his favor—an image of steadfast humility and disciplined resolve in the pursuit of rightful guidance.

Word by Word

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

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• बाध्यमानः: being afflicted/pressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध्
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• संवर्तेन: by Saṃvarta
• संवर्तेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवर्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महीपतिः: the king (lord of the earth)
• महीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अन्वगात्: followed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-गम्
• Form: Aorist (लुङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एव: certainly, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषिम्: the sage
• ऋषिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राञ्जलिः: with joined hands
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राञ्जलि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्प्रसादयन्: seeking to please/propitiating
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-सद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta
• Marutta (the king/mahīpati)
• the Ṛṣi (sage)