Shloka 144

Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्

Devanagari script

इदं नर: सुचरितं समवायेषु कीर्तयन्‌ । अर्थभागी च भवति न च दुर्गाण्यवाप्तुते

Transliteration

idaṃ naraḥ sucaritaṃ samavāyeṣu kīrtayan | arthabhāgī ca bhavati na ca durgāṇy avāpnute ||

Translation

Bhishma sprach: Wer inmitten von Versammlungen diesen heiligen Bericht über vorbildliches Verhalten rezitiert und verkündet, wird Teilhaber an Wohlstand und ersehnten Gewinnen und gerät nicht in Unglück oder Gefahr.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this (story/thing)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुचरितम्: good conduct / holy narrative
• सुचरितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुचरित (प्रातिपदिक; कृत-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समवायेषु: in assemblies / gatherings
• समवायेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समवाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• कीर्तयन्: praising / reciting
• कीर्तयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; √कीर्तय्/कीर्त् caus.)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन, वर्तमान (शतृ), परस्मैपद

• अर्थभागी: a sharer/recipient of wealth
• अर्थभागी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थभागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भवति: becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान, प्रथम, एकवचन, लट्, परस्मैपद

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दुर्गाणि: difficulties / dangers
• दुर्गाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अवाप्तुते: attains / falls into
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् + आप् (धातु; √आप् with अव- उपसर्ग)
• Form: वर्तमान, प्रथम, एकवचन, लट्, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Publicly remembering and reciting a virtuous, dharmic account is itself a meritorious act: it brings prosperity (artha) and helps one avoid calamity (durgāṇi). The verse emphasizes social transmission of ethical exemplars as spiritually and practically beneficial.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, in his instruction on dharma, concludes or reinforces a teaching by stating the fruit (phalaśruti) of reciting this sacred account in assemblies: the reciter gains prosperity and is protected from misfortune.