Shloka 131

Agni’s Withdrawal to the Forest and Identification with Āṅgirasa (अग्न्याङ्गिरस-इतिहासः)

Devanagari script

पाद्यमाचमनीयं वै ददौ भर्तुस्तथा55सनम्‌ | प्रह्मा पर्यचरच्चापि भर्तारमसितेक्षणा

Transliteration

pādyam ācamanīyaṃ vai dadau bhartus tathāsanam | brahmā paryacarac cāpi bhartāram asitekṣaṇā ||

Translation

മാർക്കണ്ഡേയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവൾ ഭർത്താവിന് പാദപ്രക്ഷാളനത്തിനുള്ള പാദ്യവും ആചമനത്തിനുള്ള ജലവും നൽകി; ഇരിപ്പിനായി ആസനവും സമർപ്പിച്ചു. കറുത്ത കണ്ണുകളുള്ള ആ പതിവ്രത ധർമ്മാനുസൃതമായ ഭക്തിസേവയോടെ ഭർത്താവിനെ പരിചരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• पाद्यम्: water for washing the feet
• पाद्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचमनीयम्: water for sipping (for rinsing the mouth)
• आचमनीयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचमनीय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• भर्तुः: of (her) husband
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• आसनम्: a seat
• आसनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्यचरत्: served/attended upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + चर्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• भर्तारम्: (her) husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• असितेक्षणा: the dark-eyed (lady)
• असितेक्षणा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असित-ईक्षणा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• husband (bhartā)
• dark-eyed lady (asitekṣaṇā)
• pādya (water for feet-washing)
• ācamanīya (water for ācamana)
• āsana (seat)