Shloka 26
Akṛtavraṇa’s Account Begins: Gādhi–Satyavatī–Ṛcīka and the Bhārgava Lineage Prelude
Devanagari script
अकृतव्रण उवाच स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय राजन् वरुणमब्रवीत् । एकत: श्यामकर्णानां पाण्डुराणां तरस्विनाम्
Transliteration
Akṛtavraṇa uvāca: sa tatheti pratijñāya rājan Varuṇam abravīt | ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānāṃ pāṇḍurāṇāṃ tarasvinām
Translation
Akṛtavraṇa said: “So be it.” Having thus pledged, he addressed King Varuṇa: “On one side, there are the swift and powerful ones—some with dark ears, others pale….”
Word by Word
अकृतव्रणःAkṛtavraṇa (proper name)
अकृतव्रणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअकृतव्रण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus; so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
प्रतिज्ञायhaving promised
प्रतिज्ञाय:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रतिज्ञा
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
वरुणम्Varuṇa
वरुणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अब्रवीत्said; spoke to
अब्रवीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular
एकतःon one side; in one direction
एकतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएकतः
श्यामकर्णानाम्of the black-eared (ones)
श्यामकर्णानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootश्यामकर्ण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
पाण्डुराणाम्of the pale/whitish (ones)
पाण्डुराणाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपाण्डुर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तरस्विनाम्of the swift/strong (ones)
तरस्विनाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootतरस्विन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
अकृतव्रण उवाच
Characters & Entities
A
AkṛtavraṇaV
VaruṇaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes