Shloka 13
Sukanyā’s Encounter with the Aśvins and Cyavana’s Rejuvenation (लोमश–सुकन्या–च्यवनोपाख्यानम्)
Devanagari script
युवानं रूपसम्पन्नं करिष्याव: पतिं तव । ततस्तस्यावयोश्रैव वृणीष्वान्यतमं पतिम्
Transliteration
yuvānaṃ rūpasampannaṃ kariṣyāvaḥ patiṃ tava | tatastasyāvayoś caiva vṛṇīṣvānyatamaṃ patim ||
Translation
ローマシャは言った。「我らはそなたの夫を若く、しかも美貌に満ちた者として作り変えよう。そののち、我ら二人のうちから、望む者を夫として選ぶがよい。」
Word by Word
युवानम्a young (man)
युवानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootयुवन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
रूपसम्पन्नम्endowed with beauty
रूपसम्पन्नम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootरूपसम्पन्न
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
करिष्यावःwe two shall make
करिष्यावः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), First, Dual
पतिम्husband
पतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपति
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तवfor you / your
तव:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
ततःthen / thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
तस्यof him / of that (one)
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
आवयोःof us two
आवयोः:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Dual
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
वृणीष्वchoose (you)
वृणीष्व:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवृ
FormImperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular
अन्यतमम्one of the two (either one)
अन्यतमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्यतम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पतिम्husband
पतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपति
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
लोगश उवाच
Characters & Entities
L
Lomaśa (sage)Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical importance of consent and personal choice in marriage: even when elders propose an arrangement, the final selection is presented as the woman’s decision.
Lomaśa speaks to a woman, promising to provide a suitable young and handsome husband, and then invites her to choose between two possible husbands—emphasizing her role in the decision.