Shloka 20

Śārṅgaka-stuti to Agni during the Khāṇḍava Conflagration (शार्ङ्गक-स्तुतिः / अग्नि-स्तुतिः)

Devanagari script

उपायं कर्मसिद्धौ च भगवन्‌ वक्तुमहसि । निवारयेयं येनेन्द्रं वर्षमाणं महावने,भगवन्‌! इस कार्यकी सिद्धिके लिये जो उपाय सम्भव हो, वह मुझे बताइये, जिससे मैं इस महान्‌ वनमें जल बरसाते हुए इन्द्रको रोक सकूँ

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | upāyaṁ karmasiddhau ca bhagavan vaktum arhasi | nivārayeyaṁ yenendraṁ varṣamāṇaṁ mahāvane ||

Translation

Arjuna berkata: “Wahai Tuhan Yang Mulia, perkenankanlah tuanku menyatakan jalan dan upaya agar tugas ini berhasil—dengan cara apakah aku dapat menahan Indra yang sedang mencurahkan hujan ke atas rimba besar ini?”

Word by Word

• उपायम्: means, method
• उपायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्मसिद्धौ: in the accomplishment of the task
• कर्मसिद्धौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मसिद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• भगवन्: O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वक्तुम्: to tell, to speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you are able/fit (ought)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निवारयेयम्: may I restrain/stop
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वारय्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वर्षमाणम्: raining (while raining)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: Shatr (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महावने: in the great forest
• महावने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महावन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भगवन्: O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Indra
• mahāvana (great forest)