Shloka 15

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages

Devanagari script

माता तु तस्या: कौन्तेय दुहित्रे स्वं चरुं ददौ । तस्याक्षरुमथाज्ञानादात्मसंस्थं चकार ह,कुन्तीकुमार! सत्यवतीकी माताने अज्ञानवश अपना चरु तो पुत्रीको दे दिया और उसका चरु लेकर भोजनद्वारा अपनेमें स्थित कर लिया

Transliteration

mātā tu tasyāḥ kaunteya duhitrē svaṃ caruṃ dadau | tasyākṣaruṃ athājñānād ātmasaṃsthaṃ cakāra ha ||

Translation

اے کَونتیہ! اُس لڑکی کی ماں نے نادانی میں اپنا چَرو بیٹی کو دے دیا، اور بیٹی کا چَرو لے کر کھا کر اسے اپنے اندر قائم کر لیا۔

Word by Word

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तस्याः: of her
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुहित्रे: to (her) daughter
• दुहित्रे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

• स्वम्: her own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चरुम्: sacrificial porridge (charu)
• चरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: of that / of him/it
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अक्षरुम्: the remaining portion (residue) (reading: अक्षरुम्)
• अक्षरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अज्ञानात्: out of ignorance
• अज्ञानात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• आत्मसंस्थम्: placed/contained in herself
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मसंस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चकार: made/did
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• कौन्तेय (Kaunteya)
• माता (the mother)
• दुहिता (the daughter)
• चरु (caru, consecrated oblation)