Shloka 29

Śṛṅgī’s Curse on King Parikṣit

Parikṣit–Śṛṅgī–Takṣaka Causal Link

Devanagari script

एषा नो नैछिकी बुद्धि: सर्वेषामीक्षणश्रव: । अथ यन्मन्यसे राजन टद्रुतं तत्‌ संविधीयताम्‌,“नेत्रोंस सुननेवाले नागराज! हम सब लोगोंकी बुद्धि तो इसी निश्चयपर पहुँची है। अब आप जैसा ठीक समझते हों, वैसा शीघ्र करें!

Transliteration

eṣā no naiṣṭhikī buddhiḥ sarveṣām īkṣaṇaśravaḥ | atha yan manyase rājan tad drutaṃ tat saṃvidhīyatām ||

Translation

“اے تیز نظر و سماعت میں مشہور ناگ راج! ہم سب کی پختہ رائے اسی فیصلے پر قائم ہے۔ اب، اے راجن، جو کچھ آپ درست سمجھیں، وہی فوراً انجام دیا جائے۔”

Word by Word

• एषा: this (f.)
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• नैछिकी: decisive; settled; final
• नैछिकी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नैछिक
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बुद्धिः: intention; decision; understanding
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• ईक्षणश्रवः: O (one) famed for sight and hearing
• ईक्षणश्रवः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईक्षणश्रवस्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अथ: now; then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मन्यसे: you think; you consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada, Indicative

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्रुतम्: quickly; swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• संविधीयताम्: let it be arranged/done
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + विधा (विधीयते)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Imperative (Passive)

Speaker

शेष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa
• Nāgarāja (serpent-king, addressed as rājan)