Shloka 12

Sukanyā’s Encounter with the Aśvins and Cyavana’s Rejuvenation (लोमश–सुकन्या–च्यवनोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

रताहं च्यवने पत्यौ मैवं मां पर्यशड्कतम्‌ । तावब्रूतां पुनस्त्वेनामावां देवभिषग्वरी

Transliteration

ratāhaṃ cyavane patyau maiva māṃ paryaśaṅkatam | tāv abrūtāṃ punas tvenām āvāṃ devabhiṣagvarī ||

Translation

“I am devoted to my husband Cyavana; do not suspect me in this way. Then those two again addressed you: ‘O divine chief among physicians, restore us to youth.’”

Word by Word

• रता: devoted/attached
• रता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• च्यवने: in/with Cyavana (the sage)
• च्यवने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पत्यौ: in/with (my) husband
• पत्यौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• एवम्: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• पर्यशङ्कत: you suspected/doubted
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-शङ्क् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 2nd, Plural

• तौ: those two (they both)
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अब्रूताम्: they two said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Dual

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• एनाम्: her/this woman
• एनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आवाम्: we two
• आवाम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Dual

• देवभिषग्वरी: the excellent physician of the gods (i.e., a supreme divine healer)
• देवभिषग्वरी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-भिषज्-वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Cyavana (sage)
• the speaker (female, unnamed in this verse)
• two persons (dual: ‘tau’/‘tāv’)
• Devabhiṣagvarī (addressed as ‘divine foremost physician’)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharma in the form of steadfast marital fidelity and the ethical demand for trust: the speaker asserts her devotion to her husband and rejects suspicion, implying that virtue should not be judged hastily by appearances.

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman declares her loyalty to the sage Cyavana and asks not to be mistrusted. Immediately after, two figures speak again to a ‘divine foremost physician,’ requesting that they be made youthful—advancing a plot involving healing or rejuvenation.