Shloka 21

अक्षद्यूतप्रवेशः — Kali’s Entry and the Initiation of the Dice-Contest

Devanagari script

ततो<5हं लोकपालानां संनिधौ त्वां नरेश्वर । वरयिष्ये नरव्यात्र नैवं दोषो भविष्यति,“नरेश्वर! नरव्याप्र! तदनन्तर मैं उन लोकपालोंके समीप ही आपका वरण कर लूँगी। ऐसा करनेसे (आपको कोई) दोष नहीं लगेगा”

Transliteration

tato 'haṃ lokapālānāṃ saṃnidhau tvāṃ nareśvara | varayiṣye naravyāghra naivaṃ doṣo bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

ఆపై, ఓ నరేశ్వరా, ఓ నరవాఘ్రా, లోకపాలుల సమక్షంలోనే నేను నిన్నే వరించెదను; అలా చేస్తే దోషం కలగదు.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas

• aham: I
• aham: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• lokapālānām: of the guardians of the worlds (Lokapālas)
• lokapālānām: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: lokapāla
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• sannidhau: in the presence
• sannidhau: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: sannidhi
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• nara-īśvara: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nareśvara
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• varayiṣye: I shall choose (as husband)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛ
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• nara-vyāghra: O tiger among men (best of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naravyāghra
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• evam: thus/in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam

• doṣaḥ: fault/blame
• doṣaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• Lokapālas
• nareśvara (a king)
• naravyāghra (addressed hero/king)