Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 10

Mahārāja Sagara, Kapila Muni, and the Deliverance of the Sixty Thousand Sons

Devanagari script

प्रागुदीच्यां दिशि हयं दद‍ृशु: कपिलान्तिके । एष वाजिहरश्चौर आस्ते मीलितलोचन: ॥ ९ ॥ हन्यतां हन्यतां पाप इति षष्टिसहस्रिण: । उदायुधा अभिययुरुन्मिमेष तदा मुनि: ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

prāg-udīcyāṁ diśi hayaṁ dadṛśuḥ kapilāntike eṣa vāji-haraś caura āste mīlita-locanaḥ

Translation

Dann, im Nordosten, nahe bei Kapila Muni, sahen sie das Pferd und riefen: „Das ist der Pferderäuber; er sitzt mit geschlossenen Augen; Sünder—tötet ihn, tötet ihn!“ So rufend erhoben die sechzigtausend Söhne Sagaras ihre Waffen und stürzten auf den Weisen zu. Da öffnete der Muni Seine Augen.

Synonyms

• hanyatām: let (him) be killed
• hanyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (हन्) (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्, Imperative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; karmani-prayoga (कर्मणि प्रयोग) / passive imperative: ‘let (him) be killed’

• hanyatām: kill! (let him be killed!)
• hanyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (हन्) (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; repetition for emphasis

• pāpaḥ: (you) sinner!
• pāpaḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; sambodhyārtha/ākrośa (addressing/abuse)

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (इति) (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• ṣaṣṭi-sahasriṇaḥ: the sixty-thousand (sons/men)
• ṣaṣṭi-sahasriṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭi + sahasrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; dvigu-samāsa: ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi yeṣām (those numbering sixty-thousand)

• udāyudhāḥ: with weapons uplifted
• udāyudhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; upapada-tatpuruṣa: udyatāni āyudhāni yeṣām (with weapons raised)

• abhiyayuḥ: they rushed/advanced
• abhiyayuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (इ) (धातु) with abhi- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (लिट्, Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada

• unmimeṣa: he opened (his eyes)/blinked up
• unmimeṣa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: miṣ (मिष्) (धातु) with ud- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (लिट्, Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (तदा) (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of time (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• muniḥ: the sage
• muniḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

Characters & Entities

• Kapila
• Sagara-putrāḥ (the sixty thousand sons of King Sagara)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about the Ashvamedha horse near Kapila Muni?

It states that Sagara’s sons found the sacrificial horse in the northeastern direction near Kapila and mistakenly assumed Kapila was the thief.

Why did Sagara’s sons call Kapila a thief in this episode?

Because they saw the horse placed near him and, without understanding who he was, concluded he had stolen it.

Practical application of this shloka’s lesson in modern life?

Avoid rash accusations based on appearances; verify facts and show humility, especially toward saintly or spiritually advanced persons.