Shloka 37
मोहिनी-प्रादुर्भावः (Mohinī’s Manifestation) — Narrative Prelude to the Bhandāsura Cycle
Devanagari script
एतद्दृष्ट्वा तु चरितं धाता भण्डिति भण्डिति / यदुवाच ततो नाम्ना भण्डो लोकेषु कथ्यते
Transliteration
etaddṛṣṭvā tu caritaṃ dhātā bhaṇḍiti bhaṇḍiti / yaduvāca tato nāmnā bhaṇḍo lokeṣu kathyate
Translation
हे चरित्र पाहून धात्याने ‘भण्डि! भण्डि!’ असे म्हटले; धात्याच्या त्या उच्चारामुळे तो लोकांत ‘भण्ड’ या नावाने ओळखला जाऊ लागला.
Word by Word
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; object of dṛṣṭvā
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त) from √dṛś; ‘having seen’
tuthen / indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
caritamdeed / conduct
caritam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcarita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; in apposition to etat (‘this deed/act’)
dhātāDhātā (the Creator)
dhātā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; name/title of Brahmā as ‘the Creator’
bhaṇḍiti“bhaṇḍiti!” (mocking sound)
bhaṇḍiti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/utterance)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbhaṇḍiti (अव्यय/उद्गार)
FormAvyaya, onomatopoetic/exclamatory particle (उद्गार), used as a mocking utterance
bhaṇḍiti“bhaṇḍiti!”
bhaṇḍiti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/utterance)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbhaṇḍiti (अव्यय/उद्गार)
FormAvyaya, repetition for emphasis (पुनरुक्ति)
yatwhat
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; object of uvāca (‘what he said’)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormVerb; Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
tataḥthereupon / from that
tataḥ:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb ‘thereupon/from that’
nāmnāby name
nāmnā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; ‘by name/with the name’
bhaṇḍaḥBhaṇḍa (as a name)
bhaṇḍaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
lokeṣuin the worlds / among people
lokeṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
kathyateis called / is spoken of
kathyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kath (धातु)
FormVerb; Present (लट्), Passive (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person, Singular