Shloka 11

Janamejaya’s Appeal for Pacification and Śaunaka’s Counsel on Humility (जनमेजय-शौनक संवादः)

Devanagari script

स गत्वाड्रगरकर्मान्तं गृहीत्वाग्निमथागमत्‌ । ततः शुष्केषु पर्णेषु पावकं सो5प्यदीपयत्‌

Transliteration

sa gatvā ḍragarakarmāntaṁ gṛhītvāgnim athāgamat | tataḥ śuṣkeṣu parṇeṣu pāvakaṁ so 'py adīpayat ||

Translation

সেই অগ্নিমন্থনৰ কাম হোৱা ঠাইলৈ গৈ সি জুই লৈ উভতি আহিল; তাৰ পিছত শুকান পাতৰ ওপৰত সিও অগ্নি জ্বলাই তুলিলে।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• अद्रगरकर्मान्तम्: to the end/place of the Adragara work (work-site)
• अद्रगरकर्मान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रगरकर्मान्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• अग्निम्: fire
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अगमत्: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: thereupon/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• शुष्केषु: in/among dry
• शुष्केषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष्क
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• पर्णेषु: leaves
• पर्णेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• पावकम्: fire
• पावकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अदीपयत्: kindled/ignited
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीप् (दीपयति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, 10 (causative/णिजन्त)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• agni (fire)
• pāvaka (flame)
• śuṣka-parṇa (dry leaves)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights purposeful agency: one gathers the necessary means (fire) and applies them to suitable conditions (dry leaves) to produce a result. Ethically, it underscores that outcomes arise from deliberate choices and proper preparation, not from chance.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s narration, a person goes to the place associated with producing/handling fire, takes fire, returns, and then kindles it on dry leaves—initiating a blaze by using appropriate fuel.