Shloka 58

Sūrya’s Counsel to Karṇa on Indra’s Intended Request

Kuṇḍala–Kavaca Discourse

Devanagari script

नाध्यवास्यद्‌ यदा कश्चित्‌ सागरस्य विलड्घनम्‌,“जब कोई भी समुद्रको लाँधघनेका साहस न कर सका, तब मैं अपने पिता वायुके स्वरूपमें प्रविष्ट होकर वह सौ योजन विस्तृत महासागर लाँध गया। उस समय समुद्रके जलमें एक राक्षसी रहती थी, जिसे अपने मार्गमें विघ्न डालनेपर मैंने मार डाला था

Transliteration

nādhya-vāsyad yadā kaścit sāgarasya vilaṅghanam |

Translation

Sinabi ni Mārkaṇḍeya: “Nang walang sinuman ang nangahas tumawid sa karagatan, pumasok ako sa anyo ng aking ama, si Vāyu, at nilundag ko ang dakilang dagat na may lawak na sandaang yojana. Noon, may isang rākṣasī na naninirahan sa tubig-dagat; nang hadlangan niya ang aking daraanan, pinatay ko siya.”

Word by Word

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

• adhyavāsyat: dared/undertook (to do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi-√vas
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• yadā: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā

• kaścit: anyone/someone
• kaścit: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kaścit
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• sāgarasya: of the ocean
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• vilaṅghanam: crossing/leaping over
• vilaṅghanam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaṅghana
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Vāyu
• Sāgara (the ocean/sea)
• Rākṣasī (a demoness in the ocean)
• Śata-yojana (hundred-yojana expanse)