Shloka 22

Vyāsa’s Arrival at Janamejaya’s Sarpasatra; Commissioning of Vaiśaṃpāyana’s Recital (व्यासागमनम्)

Devanagari script

स सम्भावय नागेन्द्र मयि सर्व महामते । न ते मयि मनो जातु मिथ्या भवितुमहति

Transliteration

sa sambhāvaya nāgendra mayi sarva mahāmate | na te mayi mano jātu mithyā bhavitum arhati ||

Translation

Āstīka nói: “Hỡi chúa tể loài rắn, bậc đại trí! Xin hãy đặt trọn niềm tin nơi ta. Ta đủ năng lực hoàn thành mọi điều cần thiết. Niềm hy vọng và lòng tín thác mà ngài đã gửi vào ta quyết chẳng thể hóa thành uổng phí.”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्भावय: trust / deem capable / have confidence (in)
• सम्भावय: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू (सम्भावयति)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नागेन्द्र: O lord of serpents
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all (this)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• महामते: O great-minded one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ते: of you / to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive/Dative, Singular

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• मनः: mind / thought / confidence
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जातु: ever / at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु

• मिथ्या: false / in vain
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या

• भवितुम्: to become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun)

• अर्हति: is fit / can / deserves
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

आस्तीक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Āstīka
• Nāgendra (Takṣaka/serpent-king, addressed)