Shloka 15

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

वासुदेव महाबाहो सुप्रजा देवकी त्वया । त्वं नो गति: प्रतिष्ठा च त्वदायत्तमिदं कुलम्‌

Transliteration

vāsudeva mahābāho suprajā devakī tvayā | tvaṃ no gatiḥ pratiṣṭhā ca tvadāyattam idaṃ kulam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai Vāsudeva, yang berlengan perkasa! Kerana engkau, Devakī benar-benar dihitung sebagai ibu yang dikurniai putera yang unggul. Engkaulah tempat kami berlindung dan sandaran yang teguh; pemeliharaan serta kelangsungan susur galur ini terletak di bawah perlindunganmu.”

Word by Word

• वासुदेव: O Vāsudeva
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सुप्रजा: having good offspring
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• देवकी: Devakī
• देवकी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वया: by you / through you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नः: of us / our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• गतिः: refuge; goal; course
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिष्ठा: support; foundation
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• त्वद्-आयत्तम्: dependent on you; under your control
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयत्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कुलम्: family; lineage
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Devakī
• kula (the lineage/dynasty)