Shloka 10

Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)

Devanagari script

प्रेष्य चाग्निरथर्वाणमन्यं देशं ततो5गमत्‌ । मत्स्यास्तस्य समाचख्यु: क्रुद्धस्तानग्निरब्रवीत्‌ भक्ष्या वै विविधैभविर्भविष्यथ शरीरिणाम्‌

Transliteration

preṣya cāgnir atharvāṇam anyaṃ deśaṃ tato 'gamat | matsyās tasya samācakhyuḥ kruddhas tān agnir abravīt bhakṣyā vai vividhair bhavir bhaviṣyatha śarīriṇām ||

Translation

アタルヴァンを遣わしたのち、アグニは別の地へと去った。魚たちがそのことを彼に告げると、アグニは怒り、こう宣した。「まことに汝らは、身をもつ生きものの食となり、さまざまな祭祀の供物として捧げられるであろう。」

Word by Word

• प्रेष्य: having sent
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेष्
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव

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

• अग्निः: Agni (the fire-god)
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथर्वाणम्: Atharvan (a sage)
• अथर्वाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अथर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्यम्: another
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देशम्: place, region
• देशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then, from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अगमत्: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Aorist (लुङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मत्स्याः: the fish (people of Matsya / fish)
• मत्स्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• समाचख्युः: reported, informed
• Type: Verb
• Root: चक्ष्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अग्निः: Agni
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भक्ष्याः: edible / to be eaten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ष्य
• Form: यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive; 'to be eaten') used as predicate adjective, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• विविधैः: with various (kinds)
• विविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भविः: offerings, oblations
• भविः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भविस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भविष्यथ: you will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 2nd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शरीरिणाम्: of embodied beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीरिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Atharvan
• Matsya (fishes)