Shloka 7

Omens and Consolation after Loss; Reaffirmation of the Saindhava Punishment Vow (उत्पात-दर्शनम्, आश्वासन-वाक्यानि, प्रतिज्ञा-स्थैर्यम्)

Devanagari script

इच्छेयं त्वत्प्रसादाद्धि तपस्तप्तुं प्रजेश्वर । प्रदिशेमं वरं देव त्वं महां भगवन्‌ प्रभो,प्रजेश्वर! मैं आपकी कृपासे तपस्या करना चाहती हूँ। देव! भगवन्‌! प्रभो! आप मुझे यही वर प्रदान करें

Transliteration

iccheyaṁ tvatprasādād dhi tapastaptuṁ prajeśvara | pradiśemaṁ varaṁ deva tvaṁ mahān bhagavan prabho ||

Translation

“O Lord of creatures, by your gracious favor I wish to undertake austerity. O God—Blessed One, mighty Lord—grant me this very boon: the permission and power to perform tapas.”

Word by Word

• इच्छेयम्: I would wish / I desire
• इच्छेयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Potential/Optative, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वत् + प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तप्तुम्: to perform (austerity)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• प्रजेश्वर: O lord of creatures
• प्रजेश्वर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रदिश: grant / bestow
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दिश्
• Form: Lot, Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• देव: O god
• देव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• महाम्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भगवन्: O Blessed Lord
• भगवन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रभो: O master
• प्रभो: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रजेश्वर: O lord of creatures
• प्रजेश्वर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Prajeśvara (Lord of creatures)
• Deva (the deity addressed)