Shloka 44

The Lakṣmī–Nārāyaṇa Vow Narrative

Puṣya Thursday Observance and the Ethics of Fortune

Devanagari script

विज्ञाप्य त्वां नयिष्यामि मा क्रोधं कुरु सत्तमे । इत्युक्त्वा सा तु चार्वंगी गता राज्ञीसमीपतः

Transliteration

vijñāpya tvāṃ nayiṣyāmi mā krodhaṃ kuru sattame | ityuktvā sā tu cārvaṃgī gatā rājñīsamīpataḥ

Translation

“သင့်အား လျှောက်တင်ပြီးနောက် ငါသည် သင့်ကို အဲဒီနေရာသို့ ခေါ်ဆောင်သွားမည်; အကောင်းဆုံးသောသူရေ၊ ဒေါသမထွက်ပါနှင့်။” ဟုဆိုပြီးနောက် အင်္ဂါအလှပြည့်စုံသော မိန်းမသည် မိဖုရားအနီးသို့ သွားလေ၏။

Word by Word

• vijñāpya: having informed; having requested
• vijñāpya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√jñap (धातु) → vijñāpya (कृदन्त)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्): 'having informed/requested'; governs object 'tvām'

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• nayiṣyāmi: I will lead (you)
• nayiṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: Prohibitive particle (निषेध-निपात): 'do not'

• krodham: anger
• krodham: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• kuru: do; make
• kuru: Kriyā (क्रिया/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

• sattame: O best one
• sattame: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); superlative: 'best among the good'

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (उद्धरण-निपात): 'thus'

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त): 'having said'

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात): contrast/emphasis 'but/indeed'

• cāru-aṅgī: beautiful-limbed
• cāru-aṅgī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective of 'sā': 'having beautiful limbs'

• gatā: went
• gatā: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively: 'went/has gone'

• rājñī-samīpataḥ: from near the queen; to the queen’s vicinity
• rājñī-samīpataḥ: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: rājñī (प्रातिपदिक) + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तसिलन्त अव्यय): 'from/near the vicinity of the queen' (samīpataḥ = 'from near')

Speaker

An unnamed woman (described as cārvaṅgī) addressing a man (sattama).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Geographic Context

Type: city

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: ityuktvā = iti + uktvā; cārvaṃgī = cāru-aṅgī; rājñīsamīpataḥ = rājñī-samīpataḥ.

Characters & Entities

• rājñī (the queen)

FAQs

What ethical teaching is emphasized in this verse?

It highlights restraint over anger (krodha), advising calmness even in tense situations.

Who is the ‘cārvaṅgī’ in this verse?

The term cārvaṅgī means “fair-limbed/beautiful-bodied” and refers to an unnamed woman in the narrative.

What action follows the spoken reassurance?

After speaking, she goes to the queen (rājñī) to approach her directly.