Shloka 23

Asamañjasa-tyāga (Abandoning Asamañjasa) — Sagara-carita Continuation

Devanagari script

पुंसां तापत्रयार्त्तानामार्तिनाशाय केवलम् / स्वेच्छया ते धृतो देहो न तु त्वं तपतां वरः

Transliteration

puṃsāṃ tāpatrayārttānāmārtināśāya kevalam / svecchayā te dhṛto deho na tu tvaṃ tapatāṃ varaḥ

Translation

三つの苦熱に悩む人々の痛みを滅するためだけに、汝は自らの意志でこの身を取った。苦行者の中の最勝者よ、汝自身は苦に焼かれぬ。

Word by Word

• puṃsām: of men; of beings
• puṃsām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana

• tāpa-traya-ārttānām: of those afflicted by the threefold suffering
• tāpa-traya-ārttānām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of puṃsām)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: tāpa-traya (dvigu-like numeral compound 'three afflictions') + ārta (afflicted by) → 'those afflicted by the threefold suffering'

• ārti-nāśāya: for the destruction of distress
• ārti-nāśāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Purpose-Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārti (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī vibhakti (Dative, 4th), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (आर्तेः नाशः)

• kevalam: only; merely
• kevalam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva usage as adverb (only, merely)

• sva-icchayā: by (your) own will
• sva-icchayā: Karaṇa (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (स्वस्य इच्छा)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Ekavacana

• dhṛtaḥ: borne; assumed
• dhṛtaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Kta (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with dehaḥ

• dehaḥ: body
• dehaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Niṣedha-nipāta (negation particle)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa/virodha-nipāta (but, however)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• tapatām: of ascetics; of those who practice austerity
• tapatām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tap (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Śatṛ (present active participle) used substantively; Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana

• varaḥ: the best
• varaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate nominative with tvam