Shloka 30

Śikhaṇḍinī’s Marriage Arrangement and the Daśārṇa Envoy’s Accusation (शिखण्डिनी-विवाह-विप्रलम्भ-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

यावदेव स राजा वै नोपयाति पुरं मम । तावदेव महायक्ष प्रसादं कुरु गुह्क

Transliteration

yāvad eva sa rājā vai nopayāti puraṁ mama | tāvad eva mahāyakṣa prasādaṁ kuru guhka ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“只要那位国王尚未来到我的城中，噢伟大的夜叉，请赐予你的护佑——噢古哈迦（Guhaka）。”

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as / until
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्
• Form: correlative adverb (yāvat–tāvat construction)

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: particle

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वै: indeed / surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: particle

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation

• उपयाति: comes near / approaches
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या
• Form: present tense (laṭ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• पुरम्: city
• पुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• तावत्: so long / until then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत्
• Form: correlative adverb (yāvat–tāvat construction)

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: particle

• महायक्ष: O great Yakṣa
• महायक्ष: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महायक्ष
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• प्रसादम्: favor / grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• कुरु: do / grant
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: imperative (loṭ), parasmaipada, 2nd person, singular

• गुह्यक: O Guhyaka (attendant of Kubera)
• गुह्यक: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह्यक
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• a king (unnamed in this verse)
• Mahāyakṣa (great Yakṣa)
• Guhaka
• Bhīṣma's city (pura)