Shloka 12

Sāgaropākhyāna—Bhārata-varṣa-māna and Gokarṇa-kṣetra-māhātmya

Sagara Episode: Measure of Bhārata and the Glory of Gokarṇa

Devanagari script

एनांसि यत्समुद्दिश्य तीर्थयात्रां प्रकुर्वताम् / नृणामाशु प्रणश्यन्ति प्रवाते शुष्कपर्णवत्

Transliteration

enāṃsi yatsamuddiśya tīrthayātrāṃ prakurvatām / nṛṇāmāśu praṇaśyanti pravāte śuṣkaparṇavat

Translation

Những ai hành hương đến tīrtha ấy với tâm hướng về đó, tội lỗi của họ mau chóng tiêu tan như lá khô bị gió cuốn đi.

Word by Word

• enāṃsi: sins
• enāṃsi: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: enas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun referring to ‘tīrthayātrām’

• samuddiśya: having intended/with reference to
• samuddiśya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Converb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ud-√diś (दिश् धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त) meaning ‘having aimed at/with reference to’

• tīrtha-yātrām: pilgrimage
• tīrtha-yātrām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tīrthasya yātrā)

• prakurvatām: of those who perform
• prakurvatām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘of those who are performing’

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• praṇaśyanti: perish/are destroyed
• praṇaśyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√naś (नश् धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pravāte: in the wind
• pravāte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pravāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• śuṣka-parṇa-vat: like a dry leaf
• śuṣka-parṇa-vat: Upamā (उपमा/Simile)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śuṣka (प्रातिपदिक) + parṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (वत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Simile indeclinable (उपमावाचक अव्यय) formed with -वत्; ‘like a dry leaf’