Shloka 9

Slaying of Andhaka; Hymn to the Sun; Glory of Brahmins; Gayatri Nyasa and Pranayama

Devanagari script

मंत्रिणा तस्य चाख्यातः कनकस्य वधस्सुरैः । परभार्यानुरक्तस्य कृतो देवैः सवासवैः

Transliteration

maṃtriṇā tasya cākhyātaḥ kanakasya vadhassuraiḥ | parabhāryānuraktasya kṛto devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ

Translation

随后，他的大臣禀告说：金迦那迦因迷恋他人之妻，故被诸天与帝释天一同诛杀。

Word by Word

• maṃtriṇā: by the minister
• maṃtriṇā: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃtrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tasya: to him / of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• ākhyātaḥ: was reported/told
• ākhyātaḥ: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (ख्या धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि

• kanakasya: of Kanaka
• kanakasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• vadhaḥ: killing, death
• vadhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• suraiḥ: by the gods
• suraiḥ: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• para: another's
• para: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; ‘पर’ = अन्य (other)

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (in compound)

• anuraktasya: of one attached to another's wife
• anuraktasya: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anurakta (प्रातिपदिक; √rañj with anu-, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष समास: para-bhāryā-anuraktasya = ‘attached to another's wife’

• kṛtaḥ: was done, was carried out
• kṛtaḥ: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि

• devaiḥ: by the gods
• devaiḥ: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• sa: with
• sa: Sahārtha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• vāsavaiḥ: with the Vasus/with Indra's party
• vāsavaiḥ: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (context not specified in the provided excerpt; reported speech by a minister)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: cākhyātaḥ = ca + ākhyātaḥ; vadhassuraiḥ = vadhaḥ + suraiḥ; parabhāryānuraktasya = para + bhāryā + anuraktasya (तत्पुरुष); savāsavaiḥ = sa + vāsavaiḥ.

Characters & Entities

• Kanaka
• Suras (the gods)
• Vāsava (Indra)

FAQs

What ethical lesson is emphasized in this verse?

It condemns being infatuated with another person’s spouse (parabhāryā) and frames such conduct as a serious adharma that brings severe consequences.

Why is Indra (Vāsava) specifically mentioned along with the gods?

Vāsava (Indra) is named to indicate the participation or sanction of the chief of the devas, underscoring that the punishment is portrayed as divinely enforced, not merely human retaliation.

Who is speaking in this verse?

The verse reports what a minister tells “him” (the unnamed person in this excerpt). The broader chapter context is needed to identify the exact ruler/figure being addressed.