Shloka 4
Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage
Devanagari script
राक्षस उवाच क्व ते निवास: कल्याण किंगोत्रा ब्राह्मणी च ते । तच्त्वं ब्रूहि न भी: कार्या विश्वसस्व यथासुखम्
Transliteration
rākṣasa uvāca: kva te nivāsaḥ, kalyāṇa, kiṃ gotrā brāhmaṇī ca te? tat tvaṃ brūhi; na bhīḥ kāryā; viśvasasva yathāsukham.
Translation
罗刹说道：“吉祥之人，你的居所在哪里？你的婆罗门妻子又出自何族系（gotra）？把这一切如实详告。不要害怕——信任我，安然住下。”
Word by Word
राक्षसःthe Rakshasa
राक्षसः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid/spoke
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
क्वwhere?
क्व:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व
तेof you/your
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
निवासःdwelling, residence
निवासः:
TypeNoun
Rootनिवास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कल्याणO auspicious one / O good sir
कल्याण:
TypeNoun
Rootकल्याण
FormNeuter, Vocative, Singular
किम्what?
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
गोत्राlineages/gotras
गोत्रा:
TypeNoun
Rootगोत्र
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
ब्राह्मणीa Brahmin woman (wife)
ब्राह्मणी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मणी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तेof you/your
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
तत्that (thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
ब्रूहिtell, speak
ब्रूहि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
भीःfear
भीः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कार्याto be done; (here) to be made/entertained
कार्या:
TypeAdjective
Rootकार्य
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
विश्वसस्वtrust (me), be confident
विश्वसस्व:
TypeVerb
Rootविश्वस्
FormImperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada
यथाas, in such a way that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
सुखम्comfort, ease
सुखम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसुख
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
राक्षस उवाच
Characters & Entities
र
राक्षस (Rākṣasa)ब
ब्राह्मणी (Brāhmaṇī wife)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes