Shloka 95

Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti

Chapter 82

Devanagari script

राक्षसा दितिजा रुद्रा ब्रह्मा च मनुजाधिप । नियत: परमां दीक्षामास्थायाब्दसहस््रिकीम्‌

Transliteration

rākṣasā ditijā rudrā brahmā ca manujādhipa | niyataḥ paramāṁ dīkṣām āsthāyābdasahasrikīm ||

Translation

“O lord of men, even the Rākṣasas, the Diti-born Daityas, the Rudras, and Brahmā himself—having restrained themselves—undertake the highest consecrated vow for a thousand years.”

Word by Word

• राक्षसाः: Rakshasas (demons)
• राक्षसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दितिजाः: sons of Diti (Daityas)
• दितिजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दितिज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रुद्राः: Rudras
• रुद्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मनुजाधिप: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुजाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नियतः: restrained; disciplined
• नियतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दीक्षाम्: vow; consecration; initiation
• दीक्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थाय: having undertaken; having resorted to
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अब्दसहस्रिकीम्: lasting a thousand years
• अब्दसहस्रिकीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अब्दसहस्रिकी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rākṣasas
• Daityas (Ditijāḥ)
• Rudras
• Brahmā
• Manujādhipa (a king addressed)