Shloka 31

Book 10, Adhyāya 12: Aśvatthāmā’s Request for the Cakra and the Brahmaśiras Context

Devanagari script

समानव्रतचारिण्यां रुक्मिण्यां योडन्वजायत । सनत्कुमारस्तेजस्वी प्रद्युम्नो नाम मे सुत:

Transliteration

samānavratacāriṇyāṁ rukmiṇyāṁ yo ’nvajāyata | sanatkumāras tejasvī pradyumno nāma me sutaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「同じ誓戒と修行を守るルクミニーから、光輝に満ちた一子が生まれた――サナトクマーラ（化身）その人、名をプラデュムナという、わが子である。」

Word by Word

• समानव्रतचारिण्याम्: in (her) who follows the same vow/observance
• समानव्रतचारिण्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समानव्रतचारिणी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• रुक्मिण्याम्: in Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिण्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदन्वः: the ocean
• उदन्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदन्वत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अजायत: was born / came into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• सनत्कुमारः: Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत्कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेजस्वी: radiant, splendid
• तेजस्वी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• मे: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rukmiṇī
• Sanatkumāra
• Pradyumna