Shloka 17

Sarasvatī-Śāpavimokṣa, Rākṣasa-Mokṣa, and Aruṇā-Tīrtha

Indra–Namuci Expiation

Devanagari script

तामुवाच मुनि: क्रुद्धो वसिष्ठं शीघ्रमानय । यावदेनं निहन्म्यद्य तच्छुत्वा व्यथिता नदी

Transliteration

tām uvāca muniḥ kruddho vasiṣṭhaṃ śīghram ānaya | yāvad enaṃ nihany adya tac chrutvā vyathitā nadī ||

Translation

तामुवाच मुनिः क्रुद्धो वसिष्ठं शीघ्रमानय । यावदेनं निहन्म्यद्य तच्छ्रुत्वा व्यथिता नदी ॥

Word by Word

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसिष्ठम्: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र

• आनय: bring
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यावत्: until
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निहन्मि: I kill / I will slay
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अद्य: today
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• व्यथिता: distressed
• व्यथिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यथित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नदी: the river
• नदी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• muni (sage)
• Vasiṣṭha
• nadī (river)