Shloka 12

Ārṣṭiṣeṇa’s Siddhi and the Tīrtha-Boons; Sindhudvīpa–Devāpi Brāhmaṇya; Viśvāmitra’s Tapas Begins

Devanagari script

स तेन लग्नेन तदा द्विजातिर्न शशाक ह

Transliteration

sa tena lagnena tadā dvijātir na śaśāka ha

Translation

ਉਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਉਸ ਅਟਕਣ ਨਾਲ ਬੱਝਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਉਹ ਦਵਿਜ ਕੁਝ ਵੀ ਨਾ ਕਰ ਸਕਿਆ।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by/with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• लग्नेन: stuck/attached; having clung
• लग्नेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लग्न
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• द्विजातिः: the twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विजातिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शशाक: was able
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• dvijāti (a twice-born/Brahmin figure, unnamed here)