Shloka 9

Steya-doṣa-nirūpaṇa (On the Nature and Gravity of Theft) — within the Hayagrīva–Agastya Saṃvāda frame

Devanagari script

अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् / रहस्यातिरहस्यं च सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

atraivodāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam / rahasyātirahasyaṃ ca sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

就在此处，他们引述一则古老的传说：其为秘中之秘，能摧灭一切罪业。

Word by Word

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण-निपात)

• udāharanti: they cite/relate
• udāharanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-ā-hṛ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• imam: this
• imam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• itihāsam: legend/history
• itihāsam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: itihāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• purātanam: ancient
• purātanam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: purātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); itihāsam इति विशेषणम्

• rahasya-atirahasyaṃ: (something) secret and most secret
• rahasya-atirahasyaṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rahasya (प्रातिपदिक) + atirahasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (secret and super-secret)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-निपात)

• sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sarveṣāṃ pāpānāṃ praṇāśanam)