Shloka 18

Devanagari script

एवं न दग्ध: स मया भवता च न संशय: । अन्येनाप्यृषिमुख्येन न दग्धो न च पातित:,ऐसा वरदान प्राप्त होनेके कारण ही मैंने और आपने भी अबतक इसे दग्ध नहीं किया है। इसमें संशय नहीं है। दूसरे किसी श्रेष्ठ ऋषिने भी उसी वरदानके कारण न तो अबतक उसे जलाकर भस्म किया और न स्वर्गसे नीचे ही गिराया

Transliteration

evaṁ na dagdhaḥ sa mayā bhavatā ca na saṁśayaḥ | anyenāpy ṛṣimukhyena na dagdho na ca pātitaḥ ||

Translation

Darum ist er weder von mir noch von dir verbrannt worden—daran besteht kein Zweifel. Auch kein anderer erstrangiger Rishi hat ihn verbrannt oder herabgestürzt, denn derselbe Segen steht im Wege.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this way

नnot

दग्धःburnt

सःhe

मयाby me

भवताby you (honorific)

चand

नnot

संशयःdoubt

अन्येनby another

अपिalso, even

ऋषि-मुख्येनby a foremost sage

नnot

दग्धःburnt

नnor

चand

पातितःcaused to fall, cast down

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Agastya

a certain protected being (saḥ; unnamed here)

foremost sages (ṛṣimukhya)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A granted boon can set binding limits even on the power of great sages; ethical action must recognize such constraints rather than assume that spiritual force can override every protection.

What is happening in the narrative?

Agastya explains to his interlocutor that neither he nor the other person has been able to burn or cast down the subject in question, and that no other eminent sage has succeeded either, because a boon protects him from such punishment.