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Shloka 23

सगरस्य पुत्रलाभः

Sagara’s Boons, Progeny, and the Rise of the Sixty Thousand

तत: कालेन महता मतिस्समभिजायत।।।।सगरस्य नरश्रेष्ठ यजेयमिति निश्चिता।

tataḥ kālena mahatā matis samabhijāyata | sagarasya naraśreṣṭha yajeyam iti niścitā ||

បន្ទាប់ពីកាលយូរណាស់មកហើយ ឱ បុរសប្រសើរបំផុត ការសម្រេចចិត្តដ៏មាំមួនបានកើតឡើងក្នុងព្រះហឫទ័យរបស់សគរៈថា «ខ្ញុំនឹងប្រតិបត្តិយជ្ញា (ពិធីបូជាសក្ការៈ)»។

ततःthereafter
ततः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (adverb: then/thereafter)
कालेनwith/by time; after time
कालेन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (instrumental singular); कालवाचक तृतीया
महताgreat, long
महता:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying kālena)
मतिःa resolve/idea
मतिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन
समभिजायतarose
समभिजायत:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-abhi-√jan (धातु)
Formलङ् (imperfect, past); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘arose/was born’
सगरस्यof Sagara
सगरस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootsagara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन
नर-श्रेष्ठO best of men
नर-श्रेष्ठ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (narāṇāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ)
यजेयम्I should sacrifice/perform
यजेयम्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yaj (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘I should perform (a sacrifice)’
इतिthus
इति:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इत्यर्थक (quotative particle)
निश्चिताdetermined, firm
निश्चिता:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootni-√ci (धातु) → niścita (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; मति-विशेषण

O best among men! after a long time, a thought came to the mind of Sagara to definitely perform a sacrifice.

S
Sagara
S
Sacrifice (yajña; implied)

FAQs

Dharma includes deliberate commitment to righteous ritual and public duty: a king’s resolve to perform yajña signals responsibility to cosmic order and societal well-being.

With his lineage established, Sagara forms a determined intention to undertake a major sacrifice, which will drive the next events of the episode.

Determination anchored in dharma—making a clear, purposeful resolve to act.