Shloka 65

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages

Devanagari script

खुक्‍प्रग्रहवता राजंस्ततो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्‌ । गच्छ तीर समुद्रस्य दक्षिणस्य महामुने

Transliteration

khukpragrahavata rājaṁs tato vākyam athābravīt | gaccha tīra-samudrasya dakṣiṇasya mahāmune ||

Translation

அப்போது அவர் அரசனை நோக்கி இவ்வாறு கூறினார்— “மகாமுனியே, தென் கடலின் கரைக்கு செல்.”

Word by Word

• खुक्-प्रग्रहवता: with (his) reins/bridle in hand
• खुक्-प्रग्रहवता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खुक्-प्रग्रहवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• वाक्यम्: a statement/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• अथ: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

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

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular

• तीरम्: to the shore/bank
• तीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• दक्षिणस्य: southern
• दक्षिणस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (speaker)
• rājan (the king, unnamed here)
• mahāmuni (the great sage, unnamed here)
• dakṣiṇa-samudra (southern ocean)