Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

तत:ः प्रचोदिता राज्ञा वन॑ गत्वास्य मन्त्रिण: । प्रचीयोदुम्बराणि सम दातु तेषां प्रचक्रिरे,तब राजाकी प्रेरणासे उनके मन्त्री वनमें गये और गूलरके फल तोड़कर उन्हें देनेकी चेष्टा करने लगे

Transliteration

tataḥ pracoditā rājñā vanaṃ gatvā’sya mantriṇaḥ | pracīyodumbarāṇi samaṃ dātuṃ teṣāṃ pracakrire ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: Dann gingen, vom König angetrieben, seine Minister in den Wald und machten sich daran, Udumbara-Früchte (Büschelfeigen) zu sammeln, um sie den Betreffenden gleichmäßig zu verteilen.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: avyaya

• प्रचोदिताः: urged, prompted
• प्रचोदिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-चुद् (क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रचोदित)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• वनम्: to the forest (forest as goal)
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; गत्वा)
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वान्त), indeclinable

• अस्य: of him / for him
• अस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• मन्त्रिणः: ministers, counselors
• मन्त्रिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• प्रचीय: collect! gather!
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-चि (लोट्; 2nd person singular, परस्मैपद) / or irregular for प्रचिनु (from प्र-चि)
• Form: imperative (लोट्), 2nd person, singular, parasmaipada

• उदुम्बराणि: udumbara fruits (cluster figs)
• उदुम्बराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदुम्बर
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• समम्: equally / together / properly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत्)
• Form: avyaya

• दातुम्: to give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (तुमुन्-प्रत्यय; दातुम्)
• Form: infinitive (तुमन्त), indeclinable

• तेषाम्: to them / for them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• प्रचक्रिरे: they set about / they attempted
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-चर् (लिट्; आत्मनेपद) / idiomatic: ‘set about, attempted’
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, plural, atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• king (rājā)
• ministers (mantriṇaḥ)
• forest (vana)
• udumbara fruits (udumbarāṇi)