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Shloka 18

सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्

The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin

तच्छुत्वा सूंजयो वाक्‍्यं पर्वतस्य महात्मन: । प्रसादयामास तदा नैतदेवं भवेदिति,महात्मा पर्वतका यह वचन सुनकर सूंजयने उन्हें प्रसन्न करनेकी चेष्टा करते हुए कहा --'ऐसा न हो। मुने! आपकी तपस्यासे मेरा पुत्र दीर्घजीवी होना चाहिये।” परंतु इन्द्रका ख्याल करके पर्वत मुनि कुछ नहीं बोले

tac chrutvā sūñjayo vākyam parvatasya mahātmanaḥ | prasādayāmāsa tadā naitad evaṁ bhaved iti |

महात्मा पर्वत मुनींचे वचन ऐकून सूंजय त्यांना प्रसन्न करण्याचा प्रयत्न करीत म्हणाला—“असे होऊ नये, मुने! आपल्या तपस्येच्या प्रभावाने माझा पुत्र दीर्घायुषी व्हावा.” परंतु इंद्राच्या इच्छेचा विचार करून पर्वत मुनी काहीच बोलले नाहीत.

तत्that (speech/statement)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
सञ्जयःSanjaya
सञ्जयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसञ्जय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाक्यम्speech, statement
वाक्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पर्वतस्यof Parvata
पर्वतस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
महात्मनःof the great-souled (sage)
महात्मनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
प्रसादयामासhe sought to please / he propitiated
प्रसादयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रसादय् (प्र + सद्/साद् caus.)
FormPerfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एवम्thus, in this way
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
भवेत्may it be / should happen
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति

पर्वत उवाच

P
Parvata (sage)
S
Sūñjaya
S
Sūñjaya’s son (unnamed here)
I
Indra

Educational Q&A

Human effort and merit (such as tapas) may seek to avert misfortune, yet the narrative underscores the limits of personal desire when set against divine ordinance; wisdom can also appear as silence when one recognizes a higher, unalterable will.

After Parvata speaks, Sūñjaya—anxious for his son—tries to placate the sage and requests that, through the sage’s austerity, his son become long-lived; Parvata, however, says nothing, remembering Indra’s role and intention.