Shloka 37

Naimiṣa-satra Praśna–Prativacana

The Sages’ Questions at Naimiṣa and Sūta’s Reply

Devanagari script

चक्रिरे पृष्ठगमनाः सर्वानयुतदक्षिणान् / समाप्तयज्ञो यत्रास्ते वासुदेवं महाधिपम्

Transliteration

cakrire pṛṣṭhagamanāḥ sarvānayutadakṣiṇān / samāptayajño yatrāste vāsudevaṃ mahādhipam

Translation

ພວກເຂົາເດີນຕາມຢູ່ຂ້າງຫຼັງ ແລະຖວາຍທານທັງປວງພ້ອມດັກຊິນາຫນຶ່ງໝື່ນ; ທີ່ທີ່ພິທີຍັດສຳເລັດ ພຣະວາສຸເທວ ມະຫາອະທິປະຕິ ປະທັບຢູ່

Word by Word

• cakrire: they performed / they did
• cakrire: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• pṛṣṭha-gamanāḥ: those who go behind / followers
• pṛṣṭha-gamanāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (plural); तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः) ‘पृष्ठे गमनं येषाम्’

• sarva-anayuta-dakṣiṇān: all (sacrifices) with innumerable fees/donations
• sarva-anayuta-dakṣiṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + anayuta (प्रातिपदिक) + dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन (plural); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विशेषणसमासः)

• samāpta-yajñaḥ: (he) whose sacrifice is completed / with completed sacrifice
• samāpta-yajñaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāpta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारयः—‘समाप्तः यज्ञः यस्य/यत्र’ (contextual epithet)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• āste: sits / remains
• āste: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ās (आस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• vāsudevam: Vāsudeva
• vāsudevam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• mahādhipam: the great lord/sovereign
• mahādhipam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारयः—‘महान् अधिपः’