Shloka 14
Sāgaropākhyāna—Bhārata-varṣa-māna and Gokarṇa-kṣetra-māhātmya
Sagara Episode: Measure of Bhārata and the Glory of Gokarṇa
Devanagari script
महाता सुकृतेनैव तत्क्षेत्रगमने रतिः / नृणां संजायते राजन्नान्यथा तु कथञ्चन
Transliteration
mahātā sukṛtenaiva tatkṣetragamane ratiḥ / nṛṇāṃ saṃjāyate rājannānyathā tu kathañcana
Translation
ഹേ രാജാവേ! മഹത്തായ സുകൃതം കൊണ്ടുമാത്രമേ മനുഷ്യർക്കു ആ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിലേക്കു പോകാനുള്ള ആസക്തി ജനിക്കൂ; മറ്റെന്തുവഴിയിലും അല്ല।
Word by Word
mahatāby great (means)/by great (merit)
mahatā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively ‘by great (merit)’
sukṛtenaby good deed/merit
sukṛtena:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootsukṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
evaonly/indeed
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable emphatic particle (अवधारण)
tat-kṣetra-gamanein going to that sacred place
tat-kṣetra-gamane:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: tat-kṣetre gamanam
ratiḥdelight/attachment
ratiḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootrati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nṛṇāmof men
nṛṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
saṃjāyatearises/is produced
saṃjāyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-√jan (जन् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
rājanO king
rājan:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable negation particle (निषेध)
anyathāotherwise
anyathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanyathā (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (प्रकारवाचक) meaning ‘otherwise’
tubut
tu:
Vyatireka (व्यतिरेक/Contrast marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable particle (तु) adversative/emphatic
kathañcanain any way whatsoever
kathañcana:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkathañcana (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (निषेधार्थे) meaning ‘in any way (at all)’ often with negation