Shloka 32

Adhyāya 71: Kaca and the Saṃjīvanī-vidyā

Devayānī–Śukra Episode

Devanagari script

अतीतकाले दुर्भिक्षे अभ्येत्य पुनराश्रमम्‌ । मुनि: पारेति नद्या वै नाम चक्रे तदा प्रभु:,दुर्भिक्ष बीत जानेपर उन शक्तिशाली मुनिने पुन: आश्रमपर आकर उस नदीका नाम “पारा” रख दिया था

Transliteration

kaṇva uvāca |

atītakāle durbhikṣe abhyetya punar āśramam |

muniḥ pārā iti nadyā vai nāma cakre tadā prabhuḥ ||

Translation

ఒకప్పుడు ఘోర దుర్భిక్షం తీరిన తరువాత ఆ శక్తిమంతుడైన ముని మళ్లీ ఆశ్రమానికి వచ్చెను; అప్పుడు ఆ నదికి ‘పారా’ అనే నామాన్ని ప్రసాదించెను.

Word by Word

• अतीत-काले: in the past time
• अतीत-काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतीत-काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दुर्भिक्षे: in a famine
• दुर्भिक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्भिक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अभ्येत्य: having come near/returned
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

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

• आश्रमम्: the hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• पारा: Pārā (as a name)
• पारा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारा (नदी-नाम)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• नद्याः: of the river
• नद्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रे: made / gave (a name)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• प्रभुः: the powerful one / lordly sage
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaṇva
• muni (the sage)
• āśrama (hermitage)
• Pārā (river name)
• nadī (river)
• durbhikṣa (famine)