Shloka 14

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

पितामहमश्न मे पूर्वमृष्यशृद्भश्च काश्यप: । वेदस्ताण्ड्य: कृपश्चैव कक्षीवान्‌ कमठादय:

Transliteration

pitāmaham aśnan me pūrvam ṛṣyaśṛṅgaś ca kāśyapaḥ | vedas tāṇḍyaḥ kṛpaś caiva kakṣīvān kamaṭhādayaḥ ||

Translation

പരാശരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—പൂർവകാലത്ത് ഞാൻ ആഹാരം കഴിക്കുമ്പോൾ എന്റെ പിതാമഹൻ അവിടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു; കൂടാതെ ഋഷ്യശൃംഗനും കാശ്യപനും, വേദനും താണ്ഡ്യനും, കൃപനും കക്ഷീവാനും, കമഠാദികളും അവിടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• पितामहम्: the grandsire (Brahmā)
• पितामहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अश्न: I ate / I partook
• अश्न: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 1st, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पूर्वम्: formerly / earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• ऋश्यशृद्भः: Ṛśyaśṛṅga
• ऋश्यशृद्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋश्यशृद्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• काश्यपः: Kaśyapa
• काश्यपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेदस्ताण्ड्यः: Vedastāṇḍya
• वेदस्ताण्ड्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदस्ताण्ड्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृपः: Kṛpa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कक्षीवान्: Kakṣīvān
• कक्षीवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कक्षीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कमठादयः: Kamaṭha and others
• कमठादयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमठादि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पितामह (grandfather/grandsire)
• ऋष्यशृङ्ग (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga)
• काश्यप (Kaśyapa)
• वेद (Veda—here as a named person in the list)
• ताण्ड्य (Tāṇḍya)
• कृप (Kṛpa)
• कक्षीवान् (Kakṣīvān)
• कमठ (Kamaṭha)