Shloka 41

आदि पर्व — अध्याय ८३: ययाति-इन्द्र-संवादः तथा अष्टक-प्रश्नः

Yayāti–Indra Dialogue and Aṣṭaka’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

शुक्र उवाच संक्रामयिष्यसि जरां यथेष्टं नहुषात्मज । मामनुध्याय भावेन न च पापमवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

śukra uvāca saṅkrāmayiṣyasi jarāṃ yatheṣṭaṃ nahuṣātmaja | māmanudhyāya bhāvena na ca pāpam avāpsyasi ||

Translation

ศุกรากล่าวว่า—“โอ โอรสแห่งนหุษะ เจ้าจักถ่ายโอนความชรานี้ได้ตามปรารถนา เมื่อเจ้าระลึกถึงเราด้วยจิตภักดี เจ้าจะไม่ต้องรับบาป”

Word by Word

• शुक्रः: Śukra (the sage)
• शुक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• संक्रामयिष्यसि: you will transfer / cause to pass on
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-क्रम् (णिच्)
• Form: Simple Future, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जराम्: old age
• जराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as / in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• इष्टम्: desired, wished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नहुष-आत्मज: O son of Nahuṣa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नहुष + आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुध्याय: having meditated upon / remembering
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-ध्यै
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• भावेन: with devotion / with the right attitude
• भावेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पापम्: sin, demerit
• पापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain / incur
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप्
• Form: Simple Future, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śukra
• Nahuṣa
• Yayāti (implied by 'son of Nahuṣa')
• old age (jarā)