Shloka 7

Marutta’s Sacrifice and Agni’s Embassy (मरुत्त-यज्ञे दूतत्वम्)

Devanagari script

अतोअसि्मि देवेन्द्र विवर्णरूप: सपत्नो मे वर्धते तन्निशम्य । सर्वोपायैर्मघवन्‌ संनियच्छ संवर्त वा पार्थिवं वा मरुत्तम्‌,देवेन्द्र! इसीसे मैं भी उदास हो रहा हूँ। मेरा शत्रु संवर्त बढ़ रहा है, यह सुनकर मेरी चिन्ता बढ़ गयी है। अतः मघवन्‌! तुम सभी सम्भव उपायोंद्वारा संवर्त और राजा मरुत्तको कैद कर लो

Transliteration

ato 'smi devendra vivarṇarūpaḥ sapatno me vardhate tan niśamya | sarvopāyair maghavan saṁniyaccha saṁvartaṁ vā pārthivaṁ vā maruttam ||

Translation

Saṁvarta said: “Therefore, O Devendra, I have become pale and downcast. Hearing that my rival is gaining strength, my anxiety has increased. Hence, O Maghavan, restrain—by every possible means—either Saṁvarta or King Marutta. O Lord of the gods!”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'ataḥ', 'definition': 'therefore

• for this reason'}, {'term': 'devendra', 'definition': 'Indra, lord of the gods'}, {'term': 'vivarṇarūpaḥ', 'definition': 'of faded/pale appearance

• dejected'}, {'term': 'sapatnaḥ', 'definition': 'rival

• adversary'}, {'term': 'vardhate', 'definition': 'grows

• prospers'}, {'term': 'niśamya', 'definition': 'having heard

• on hearing'}, {'term': 'sarvopāyaiḥ', 'definition': 'by all means

• by every expedient'}, {'term': 'maghavan', 'definition': 'Maghavan, an epithet of Indra (the bountiful/mighty one)'}, {'term': 'saṁniyaccha', 'definition': 'restrain

• confine'}, {'term': 'saṁvarta', 'definition': 'Saṁvarta (a powerful sage/ascetic figure in this episode)'}, {'term': 'pārthiva', 'definition': 'earthly king

• monarch'}, {'term': 'marutta', 'definition': 'Marutta (a king associated with a famed sacrifice)'}]

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṁvarta
• Indra (Devendra, Maghavan)
• King Marutta (Marutta)