Shloka 19

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Consolation to the King: Exempla of Rāma and the Efficacy of Allies (मार्कण्डेयाश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

खर: शूर्पणखा चैव तेषां वै तप्यतां तप: । परिचर्या च रक्षां च चक्रतुर्हष्टमानसौ

Transliteration

kharaḥ śūrpaṇakhā caiva teṣāṃ vai tapyatāṃ tapaḥ | paricaryā ca rakṣāṃ ca cakratur hṛṣṭamānasau ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Khara and Śūrpaṇakhā, with delighted hearts, undertook service and protection for those engaged in austerities, supporting their penance and guarding them as they practiced their vows.”

Word by Word

• खरः: Khara
• खरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: खर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शूर्पणखा: Śūrpaṇakhā
• शूर्पणखा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर्पणखा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तेषाम्: of them / for them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वै: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• तप्यताम्: let (them) perform austerity / let (them) be engaged in penance
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada, Imperative

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

• परिचर्याम्: attendance, service
• परिचर्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिचर्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रक्षाम्: protection, guarding
• रक्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चक्रतुः: they two did/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect, Third, Dual, Parasmaipada

• हृष्टमानसौ: with delighted minds
• हृष्टमानसौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्टमानस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Khara
• Śūrpaṇakhā
• tapas (austerity)