Shloka 38

Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

चन्द्र: सूर्य: शनि: केतुर्ग्रहो ग्रहपतिर्वर: । अत्रिरत््या नमस्कर्ता मृगबाणार्पणो$नघ:

Transliteration

candraḥ sūryaḥ śaniḥ ketur graho grahapatiḥ varaḥ | atrir atryā namaskartā mṛgabāṇārpaṇo 'naghaḥ ||

Translation

风神伐由说道：“（他是）月、日、土星与计都；亦是‘摄星者’——罗睺（致日月食者），为诸行星之主与守护者，最堪拣择而奉敬者。（他是）阿特里——以圣仙阿特里之形；亦是向阿特里雅（阿特里之妻阿那苏雅，以杜尔瓦萨之形）致敬者；又是无垢者——当鹿形显现之时，曾向祭仪放出一箭。”

Word by Word

• चन्द्रः: the Moon
• चन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शनिः: Saturn (Shani)
• शनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• केतुः: Ketu (the descending node/comet)
• केतुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ग्रहः: a graha (planet/seizer)
• ग्रहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ग्रहपतिः: lord of the planets
• ग्रहपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वरः: excellent; best
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अत्रिः: Atri (the sage)
• अत्रिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अत्र्याः: of Atri (i.e., of Atri's wife Anasūyā)
• अत्र्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्री
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• नमस्कर्ता: one who pays homage; worshipper
• नमस्कर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्कर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृगबाणार्पणः: one who offers/lets fly a deer(-like) arrow; (lit.) arrow-offerer
• मृगबाणार्पणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग-बाण-अर्पण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनघः: sinless; faultless
• अनघः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Candra (Moon)
• Sūrya (Sun)
• Śani (Saturn)
• Ketu
• Rāhu (implied by graha as eclipse-causer)
• Grahapati (lord of planets; epithet)
• Atri Ṛṣi
• Anasūyā/Atryā
• Durvāsā (implied by the gloss: ‘in the form of Durvāsā’)
• Yajña (sacrifice; implied by the gloss)
• Mṛga (deer-form; implied by mṛga)