Shloka 10

Devanagari script

स्वस्ति ते चान्तरिक्षेभ्य: पार्थिवेभ्यश्व पुत्रक | दिव्येभ्यश्वचैव भूतेभ्यस्तथा तोयचराश्न ये,वह बोली--'मेरे बच्चे! जलचर, थलचर, आकाशचारी तथा दिव्य प्राणी तेरा मंगल करें

Transliteration

svasti te cāntarikṣebhyaḥ pārthivebhyaś ca putraka | divyebhyaś caiva bhūtebhyaḥ tathā toyacarāś ca ye ||

Translation

她说道：“吾儿，愿你得安泰——愿行于空中的众生赐你吉祥，愿居于大地的众生赐你吉祥，愿诸天神众与神圣之类赐你吉祥，亦愿一切水中生灵赐你吉祥。”

Word by Word

• स्वस्ति: welfare; auspiciousness
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्तरिक्षेभ्यः: from/among the sky(-dwellers)
• अन्तरिक्षेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• पार्थिवेभ्यः: from/among the earthly (beings)
• पार्थिवेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुत्रक: O child
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दिव्येभ्यः: from/among the divine (beings)
• दिव्येभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भूतेभ्यः: from/among beings/creatures
• भूतेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• तथा: likewise; so too
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तोयचराः: water-dwellers (aquatic creatures)
• तोयचराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोयचर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who; which
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• putraka (addressed child/son)
• antarikṣa (sky/mid-region)
• pṛthivī (earth)
• divya-bhūta (divine beings)
• toyacara (aquatic beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that auspiciousness is sought through concord with all realms—sky, earth, waters, and the divine—suggesting a dharmic life that does not stand in hostility to the wider living world.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśaṃpāyana voices a formal blessing for a ‘child’ being addressed, invoking protection and goodwill from every class of beings—terrestrial, aerial, aquatic, and divine—before or during a significant movement or undertaking.