Shloka 13

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

एवमुक्‍त्वा सरिच्छेष्ठामूचुस्तेडथ परस्परम्‌ । विमोचयामहे सर्वे शापादेतां सरस्वतीम्‌,सरिताओंमें श्रेष्ठ सरस्वतीसे ऐसा कहकर वे आपसमें बोले--“हम सब लोग मिलकर इस सरस्वतीको शापसे छुटकारा दिलावें”

Transliteration

evam uktvā saricchreṣṭhām ūcus te ’tha parasparam | vimocayāmahe sarve śāpād etāṃ sarasvatīm ||

Translation

かくして河川の中の最勝たるサラスヴァティーに告げ終えると、彼らは互いに言い交わした。「われら皆で力を合わせ、このサラスヴァティーを呪いから解き放とう。」

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active (parasmaipada sense)

• सरित्: of rivers
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित्
• Form: feminine, genitive, plural

• श्रेष्ठाम्: the best (female)
• श्रेष्ठाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• ऊचुः: they said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• परस्परम्: to one another / mutually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

• विमोचयामहे: we shall release / we will cause to be freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: present (laṭ), 1st, plural, ātmanepada, causative (ṇic): मोचय- with vi-

• सर्वे: all (of us)
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• शापात्: from the curse
• शापात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• एताम्: this (her)
• एताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• सरस्वतीम्: Sarasvatī (river/goddess)
• सरस्वतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sarasvatī