Shloka 131

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

तथा हानेकैर्मुनिभिर्महान्त: क्रतव: कृता: । एवंविधे त्वगस्त्यस्य वर्तमाने तथाध्वरे | न ववर्ष सहस्राक्षस्तदा भरतसत्तम

Transliteration

tathā hānaikair munibhir mahāntaḥ kratavaḥ kṛtāḥ | evaṃvidhe tv agastyasya vartamāne tathādhvare | na vavarṣa sahasrākṣas tadā bharatasattama ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «وكذلك أقام كثيرٌ من المنيّين العظام قرابينَ جليلة. غير أنّه حين كان أغاستيا يجري قربانًا من هذا النوع بعينه، لم يُنزل إندرا ذو الألف عين المطرَ في ذلك الحين، يا خيرَ آلِ بهاراتا.»

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अनेकैः: by many
• अनेकैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महान्तः: great
• महान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रतवः: sacrifices, rites
• क्रतवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृताः: done, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एवंविधे: in such a (kind of)
• एवंविधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अगस्त्यस्य: of Agastya
• अगस्त्यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्तमाने: while (it/he) was going on / being present
• वर्तमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान), Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अध्वरे: in the sacrifice
• अध्वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ववर्ष: rained
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सहस्राक्षः: the thousand-eyed one (Indra)
• सहस्राक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्राक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Agastya
• Indra (Sahasrākṣa)
• Bharatas (as a lineage epithet: bharatasattama)