Shloka 18

Pūjya-namaskārya-prakaraṇa

On Those Worthy of Honor and Salutation

Devanagari script

दैवं तु कथमेतद्‌ वै यदहं मातृदोषतः

Transliteration

daivaṁ tu katham etad vai yad ahaṁ mātṛdoṣataḥ

Translation

മതംഗൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“എന്നാൽ ഇതെങ്ങനെ ദൈവവിധിയെന്ന് പറയാം? എന്റെ ഈ അവസ്ഥ അമ്മയുടെ ദോഷം കൊണ്ടല്ലേ ഉണ്ടായത്?”

Word by Word

• दैवम्: fate; the divine (dispensation)
• दैवम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but; however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• यत्: that which; the fact that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• मातृदोषतः: from (due to) the mother's fault
• मातृदोषतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृदोष
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

मतंग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Matanga