Shloka 9

Adhyāya 352: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Saṃvāda — Uñchavrata-niścaya

Dialogue and the Resolve to Practice Uñchavrata

Devanagari script

क्षीरोदस्य समुद्रस्य मध्ये हाटकसप्रभ: । वैजयन्त इति ख्यात: पर्वतप्रवरो नृप,नरेश्वर! क्षीरसागरके मध्यभागमें वैजयन्त नामसे विख्यात एक श्रेष्ठ पर्वत है, जो सुवर्णकी-सी कान्तिसे प्रकाशित होता है

Transliteration

kṣīrodasya samudrasya madhye hāṭakasaprabhaḥ | vaijayanta iti khyātaḥ parvatapravaro nṛpa |

Translation

Disse Vaiśampāyana: “Ó rei, no meio do Oceano de Leite há uma montanha suprema, célebre pelo nome de Vaijayanta, que resplandece com o fulgor do ouro mais puro.”

Word by Word

• क्षीरोदस्य: of the Milk-ocean
• क्षीरोदस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीरोद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• समुद्रस्य: of the ocean
• समुद्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हाटकसप्रभः: having the luster of gold
• हाटकसप्रभः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकसप्रभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैजयन्तः: Vaijayanta (name of a mountain)
• वैजयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैजयन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ख्यातः: renowned/known
• ख्यातः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• पर्वतप्रवरः: the foremost of mountains
• पर्वतप्रवरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वतप्रवर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṣīroda-samudra (Ocean of Milk)
• Vaijayanta (mountain)
• Nṛpa (the king addressed)