Shloka 22

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

Devanagari script

तस्य नारायणे भक्ति वहतोअमित्रकर्षिण: । एकशब्यासन देवो दत्तवान्‌ देवराट्‌ स्‍्वयम्‌,भगवान्‌ नारायणमें भक्ति रखनेवाले उस शत्रुसूदन नरेशपर प्रसन्न हो देवराज इन्द्र उन्हें अपने साथ एक शय्या और एक आसनपर बिठाया करते थे

Transliteration

tasya nārāyaṇe bhaktiṁ vahato 'mitrakarṣiṇaḥ | ekaśayyāsanaṁ devo dattavān devarāṭ svayam ||

Translation

ビーシュマは語った。――「その王は敵を屈する者であり、ナーラーヤナへの信を揺るがず保っていた。ゆえに天帝インドラ自らが歓喜し、稀なる栄誉を授けた。すなわち同じ寝台を分かち、同じ座に並ばせたのである。」

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नारायणे: in/unto Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भक्तिम्: devotion
• भक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वहतः: of (him) bearing/maintaining
• वहतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अमित्रकर्षिणः: of the enemy-subduing (king)
• अमित्रकर्षिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित्रकर्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• एकशय्यासनम्: one bed-and-seat (shared couch and seat)
• एकशय्यासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकशय्यासन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देवः: the god (Indra)
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दत्तवान्: gave/bestowed
• दत्तवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (लिट्) / past active participle used as finite, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवराट्: the king of the gods (Indra)
• देवराट्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्
• Form: true

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nārāyaṇa
• Indra (Devarāṭ)
• a king described as Amitrakarṣiṇa