Shloka 3

मातापितृपूजन-प्रधानधर्मः (Primacy of Filial Service) — Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account of the Vyādha’s Instruction

Devanagari script

देवदानवयक्षाणां सर्पगन्धर्वरक्षसाम्‌ । अवध्यो5हं भवेयं वै वर एष वृतो मया,“'भगवन्‌! मैं देवता, दानव, यक्ष, सर्प, गन्धर्व और राक्षस किसीके हाथसे न मारा जाऊँ। मैंने आपसे यही वर माँगा है”

Transliteration

devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ sarpagandharvarakṣasām | avadhyo 'haṃ bhaveyaṃ vai vara eṣa vṛto mayā ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “O Blessed Lord, I have chosen this boon: that I should be invulnerable—never to be slain by devas, dānavas, yakṣas, serpents, gandharvas, or rākṣasas.”

Word by Word

• देव: of the gods
• देव: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• दानव: of the demons (Dānavas)
• दानव: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• यक्षाणाम्: of the Yakṣas
• यक्षाणाम्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सर्प: of the serpents
• सर्प: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• गन्धर्व: of the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्व: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• रक्षसाम्: of the Rākṣasas
• रक्षसाम्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अवध्यः: not to be slain; invulnerable
• अवध्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवध्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेयम्: may I be / should I become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-liṅ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• वरः: boon
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृतः: chosen; requested
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृ (वरणे)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• Devas
• Dānavas
• Yakṣas
• Sarpas (Nāgas)
• Gandharvas
• Rākṣasas