Shloka 21

Satyavatī’s Disclosure and the Summoning of Vyāsa

Niyoga for Kuru Succession

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ तज्जननीहेतोमनिषत्वमुपागता । जनयित्वा वसूनष्टौ जिता लोकास्त्वयाक्षया:,अतः इन वसुओंकी जननी होनेके लिये मैं मानवशरीर धारण करके आयी थी। राजन! तुमने आठ वसुओंको जन्म देकर अक्षय लोक जीत लिये हैं

Transliteration

tasmāt taj-jananī-hetoḥ manuṣyatvam upāgatā | janayitvā vasūn aṣṭau jitā lokās tvayākṣayāḥ ||

Translation

Потому, чтобы стать матерью тех (Васу), я приняла человеческое состояние и пришла в мир смертных. О царь, породив восьмерых Васу, ты стяжал нетленные миры — плод заслуги и славы.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Ablative (used adverbially): from that/therefore

• तत्: that (purpose/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• जननी-हेतोः: for the reason of (being) a mother
• जननी-हेतोः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी + हेतु
• Form: Masculine, ablative, singular

• मनुष्यत्वम्: human state; humanity
• मनुष्यत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्यत्व
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• उपागता: having attained; having come to
• उपागता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + गम्
• Form: Past active participle (क्त), feminine, nominative, singular

• जनयित्वा: having begotten; having given birth to
• जनयित्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: जनय् (causative of √जन्)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा)

• वसून्: the Vasus
• वसून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: अष्टन्
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural (used with वसून्)

• जिताः: won; conquered
• जिताः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), masculine, nominative, plural

• लोकाः: worlds; realms
• लोकाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, singular

• अक्षयाः: imperishable; undecaying
• अक्षयाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural (agreeing with लोकाः)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the King (addressed as rājan)
• the eight Vasus