Shloka 231

Dhūpa–Dīpa–Bali Phala Praśna; Nahūṣa–Agastya–Bhṛgu Saṃvāda

Incense, Lamp, and Bali Offerings; the Nahūṣa Dialogue

Devanagari script

तत्र यत्प्राप्तकालं नस्तद्‌ ब्रूहि वदतां वर | भवांश्वापि यथा ब्रूयात्‌ तत्कर्तास्मिन संशय:

Transliteration

tatra yatprāptakālaṃ nas tad brūhi vadatāṃ vara | bhavāṃś cāpi yathā brūyāt tatkartāsmin saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

Darum sage uns, was jetzt zur rechten Zeit und angemessen zu tun ist, o Bester unter den Rednern. Was du selbst in einer solchen Lage raten würdest—das tue; daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there; in that matter
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तकालम्: timely; appropriate to the occasion
• प्राप्तकालम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्तकाल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Plural

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रूहि: tell; speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वदताम्: of speakers; of those who speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वर: O best (one)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• यथा: as; in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• ब्रूयात्: should say; might say
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्ता: doer; one who will do
• कर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this (matter)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संशयः: doubt; uncertainty
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Agastya