Shloka 52

Jarītā–Śārṅgā-saṃvāda: Ākhu-haraṇa and the Approach of Agni (आखुहरणं अग्न्यागमनश्च)

Devanagari script

अतोऊहं त्वां स्वयं नाद्य याजयामि परंतप । ममांशस्तु क्षितितले महाभागो द्विजोत्तम:,“अतः परंतप! मैं स्वयं तुम्हारा यज्ञ नहीं कराऊँगा। पृथ्वीपर मेरे ही अंशभूत एक महाभाग श्रेष्ठ द्विज हैं

Transliteration

ato 'haṃ tvāṃ svayaṃ nādya yājayāmi parantapa | mamāṃśas tu kṣititale mahābhāgo dvijottamaḥ ||

Translation

म्हणून, हे परंतप! आज मी स्वतः तुझा यज्ञ करणार नाही. परंतु पृथ्वीवर माझ्याच अंशरूप असा एक महाभाग श्रेष्ठ द्विज आहे—तो तो यज्ञ करवील.

Word by Word

अतःtherefore, hence

ऊहंI infer/consider

त्वाम्you

स्वयम्personally, oneself

नnot

अद्यtoday/now

याजयामिI cause (someone) to perform sacrifice / I officiate (as priest) for

परंतपO scorcher of foes

ममof me, my

अंशःa portion/part

तुbut, however

क्षितितलेon the surface of the earth

महाभागःvery fortunate/noble

द्विजोत्तमःbest of the twice-born (best Brahmin)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

parantapa (epithet of the addressed person)

dvijottama (an unnamed foremost Brahmin, described as the speaker's aṃśa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes