Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तत एष्याम्यतीतेडग्नौ विहन्तुं पांसुसंचयम्‌ । रोचतामेष वो वादो मीक्षार्थ च हुताशनात्‌,फिर आग बुझ जानेपर मैं धूल हटानेके लिये यहाँ आ जाऊँगी। आगसे बचनेके लिये मेरी यह बात तुमलोगोंको पसंद आनी चाहिये

Transliteration

tata eṣyāmy atīte 'gnau vihantuṃ pāṃsu-saṃcayam | rocatām eṣa vo vādo mīkṣārthaṃ ca hutāśanāt ||

Translation

Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: “Pagkaraang mamatay ang apoy, babalik ako rito upang alisin ang bunton ng alikabok. Nawa’y tanggapin ninyo ang aking mga salita, sapagkat ito’y para sa inyong pag-iingat laban sa naglalagablab na apoy.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• एष्यामि: I shall come
• एष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (एष्)
• Form: Luṭ (simple future), parasmaipada, 1st person singular

• अतीते: when (it is) passed/over
• अतीते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिगत (अतीत)
• Form: Neuter locative singular (used with अग्नौ): 'when (it is) past'

• अग्नौ: in/when the fire
• अग्नौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine locative singular

• विहन्तुम्: to remove/clear away
• विहन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (वि + हन्)
• Form: Tumun (infinitive): 'to strike/remove'

• पांसुसंचयम्: heap/accumulation of dust
• पांसुसंचयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पांसु-संचय
• Form: Masculine accusative singular

• रोचताम्: let (this) be pleasing
• रोचताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: Loṭ (imperative/benedictive sense), 3rd person plural, ātmanepada: 'let it please'

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine nominative singular

• वः: to you / of you (your)
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive plural (enclitic)

• वादः: speech/proposal
• वादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाद
• Form: Masculine nominative singular

• मीक्षार्थम्: for the purpose of seeing/looking
• मीक्षार्थम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मीक्षा-अर्थ
• Form: Neuter accusative singular (adverbial: 'for the purpose of')

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• हुताशनात्: from the fire (lit. 'eater of oblations')
• हुताशनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine ablative singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Agni (hutāśana)
• pāṃsu-saṃcaya (heap of dust/ash)