Shloka 8

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages

Devanagari script

तस्या: प्रीत: स शौचेन भार्गव: कुरुनन्दन । पुत्रार्थ भ्रपयामास चर गाधेस्तथैव च

Transliteration

tasyāḥ prītaḥ sa śaucena bhārgavaḥ kurunandana | putrārthaṃ prārthayāmāsa caraṃ gādhes tathaiva ca ||

Translation

クル族の喜びよ、バールガヴァの聖仙は彼女の清浄さに満足した。子を望み、彼は祈願を捧げた—また同じくガーディの家系の安泰のためにも—その願いの成就を、清潔・自制・正しい行いという徳の力に託したのである。

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शौचेन: by purity/clean conduct
• शौचेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भार्गवः: the Bhargava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• कुरुनन्दन: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुत्रार्थम्: for the sake of a son
• पुत्रार्थम्: Prayojana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रापयामास: caused to obtain / bestowed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• गाधेः: of Gādhi
• गाधेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाधि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: also/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• भार्गव (Bhārgava)
• कुरुनन्दन (Kurunandana)
• गाधि (Gādhi)