Shloka 18

Pūjya-namaskārya-prakaraṇa

On Those Worthy of Honor and Salutation

Devanagari script

दैवं तु कथमेतद्‌ वै यदहं मातृदोषतः

Transliteration

daivaṁ tu katham etad vai yad ahaṁ mātṛdoṣataḥ

Translation

มาตังคะกล่าวว่า “แต่จะกล่าวว่าเป็นลิขิตแห่งเทวะได้อย่างไร—เมื่อสภาพของข้านี้เกิดขึ้นเพราะความผิดของมารดาข้า?”

Word by Word

• दैवम्: fate; the divine (dispensation)
• दैवम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but; however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• यत्: that which; the fact that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• मातृदोषतः: from (due to) the mother's fault
• मातृदोषतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृदोष
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

मतंग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Matanga