Shloka 12

Uttanka’s Guru-Śuśrūṣā and the Commission to Retrieve the Maṇikuṇḍalas (उत्तङ्क-गुरुशुश्रूषा तथा मणिकुण्डल-आदेशः)

Devanagari script

तमब्रवीत्‌ पुनः कृष्णो मा त्वमत्र विचारय । अवश्यमेतत्‌ कर्तव्यममोघं दर्शन॑ मम,यह सुनकर श्रीकृष्णने फिर कहा--'मुने! आप इसमें कोई अन्यथा विचार न करें। आपको अवश्य ही मुझसे वर माँगना चाहिये; क्योंकि मेरा दर्शन अमोघ है”

Transliteration

tam abravīt punaḥ kṛṣṇo mā tvam atra vicāraya | avaśyam etat kartavyam amoghaṃ darśanaṃ mama ||

Translation

तमब्रवीत् पुनः कृष्णो मा त्वमत्र विचारय । अवश्यमेतत् कर्तव्यममोघं दर्शनं मम ॥

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: Prohibitive particle (with imperative/optative)

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

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• विचारय: consider/deliberate
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अवश्यम्: certainly/necessarily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्य

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कर्तव्यम्: must be done
• Type: Verbal adjective
• Root: कृ
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अमोघम्: unfailing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमोघ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दर्शनम्: sight/vision/appearance
• दर्शनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kṛṣṇa