purodhasāṃ ca mukhyaṃ māṃ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim
senānīnām ahaṃ skandaḥ sarasām asmi sāgaraḥ
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he pārtha (O son of Pṛthā!),
purodhasāṁ ca (and among priests) mukhyam bṛhaspatim (the chief Bṛhaspati) mām (me) viddhi (you must know),
senānīnām (among generals) aham (I) skandaḥ [
asmi]
(I am Skanda),
sarasām (among reservoirs of water) [
aham]
(I) sāgaraḥ asmi (I am an ocean).
| purodhasām |
– |
purodhas 6n.3 m. – among priests (from: av. puras – in front; √dhā – to put; purodhas – placed at the head, chief priest of a king); |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| mukhyam |
– |
mukhya 2n.1 m. – being at the head, principal, chief (from: mukha – face, mouth, front, surface); |
| mām |
– |
asmat sn. 2n.1 – me; |
| viddhi |
– |
√vid (to know, to understand) Imperat. P 2v.1 – you must know; |
| pārtha |
– |
pārtha 8n.1 m. – O son of Pṛthā (from: √pṛth – to extend, pṛthā – Kuntī, mother of the sons of Pāṇḍu); |
| bṛhaspatim |
– |
bṛhas-pati 2n.1 m. – lord of prayer, Bṛhaspati – the priest of gods (from: √bṛh – to increase; pati – husband, lord); |
| senānīnām |
– |
senānin 6n.3 m. – among those who have an army, among the generals (from: senā – the army; -in, -min, -vin – sufixes meaning one who possesses); |
| aham |
– |
asmat sn. 1n.1 – I; |
| skandaḥ |
– |
skanda 1n.1 m. – leaping, sprining, attacking; Kartikeya – the son of Śiva or Agni (from: √skand – to leap, to spring); |
| sarasām |
– |
saras 6n.3 n. – among reservoirs of water (from: √sṛ – to run, to flow, to move); |
| asmi |
– |
√as (to be) Praes. P 3v.1 – I am; |
| sāgaraḥ |
– |
sāgara 1n.1 m. – related to Sagara, an ocean (from: √gṝ – to invoke, to devour, sa-gara – with praise,devouring, Sagara – the king who started to bring Ganga to the earth); |
purodhasāṁ → purodhānāṁ (among priests);
mukhyaṁ māṁ → mukhyānāṁ / māṁ mukhyaṁ (among the chief / me the chief);
senānīnām ahaṁ → senānyām apy ahaṁ (even among generals I);
sāgaraḥ → sāgaram (an ocean);
purodhasāṃ ca rāja-purohitānāṃ ca mukhyaṃ pradhānaṃ māṃ viddhi he pārtha bṛhaspatim | sa hīndrasyeti mukhyaḥ syāt purodhāḥ | senānīnāṃ senāpatīnām ahaṃ skando deva-senāpatiḥ | sarasāṃ yāni deva-khātāni sarāṃsi teṣāṃ sarasāṃ sāgaro’smi bhavāmi
purodhasām utkṛṣṭo bṛhaspatir yaḥ, so ‚ham asmi, senānīnāṃ senāpatīnāṃ skando ‚ham asmi / sarasāṃ sāgaro ‚ham asmi
purodhasām iti | purodhasāṃ madhye deva-purohitatvān mukhyaṃ bṛhaspatim māṃ viddhi | senānīnāṃ madhye deva-senāpatiḥ skando ‚ham asmi | sarasām sthira-jalāśayānāṃ madhye samudro ‚smi
indrasya sarva-rāja-śreṣṭhatvāt tat-purodhasaṃ bṛhaspatiṃ sarveṣāṃ purodhasāṃ rāja-purohitānāṃ madhye mukhyaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mām eva he pārtha viddhi jānīhi | senānīnām senāpatīnāṃ madhye deva-senāpatiḥ skando guho ‚ham asmi | sarasām deva-khāta-jalāśayānāṃ madhye sāgaraḥ sagara-putraiḥ khāto jalāśayo ‚ham asmi
senānīnām ity ārṣam | skandhaḥ kārtikeyaḥ
indrasya sarva-rāja-mukhyatvāt tat-purohitaṃ bṛhaspatiṃ sarva-patiṃ rāja-purohitānāṃ mukhyaṃ māṃ viddhīti so ‚ham ity arthaḥ | senānīnām iti nuḍāgamanas tv ārṣaḥ | sarva-rāja-senānāṃ madhye skandaḥ kārttikeyo ‚ham | sarasām sthira-jalānāṃ madhye sāgaro ‚ham
