Shloka 64

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

Devanagari script

जगदग्निरुवाच नैतस्थेह यथास्माकं भक्तमिन्धनमेव च । संचिन्त्यं वार्षिक चित्ते तेन पीवाउछुना सह,जमदग्नि बोले--हमारी तरह इसके मनमें वर्षभरके लिये भोजन और ईंधन जुटानेकी चिन्ता नहीं है, इसीलिये कुत्तेके साथ मोटा हो गया है

Transliteration

Jamadagnir uvāca: na etat iha yathā asmākam bhaktam indhanam eva ca | sañcintyam vārṣikam citte tena pīvā ucchunā saha ||

Translation

Jamadagni sprach: „Hier ist es nicht wie bei uns: Man muss das ganze Jahr hindurch im Herzen sorgenvoll über Nahrung und sogar über Brennholz nachrechnen. Weil er eine solche jahrelange Sorge nicht in sich trägt, ist er wohlbeleibt geworden — zusammen mit dem Hund.“

Word by Word

जगदग्निःJamadagni (name of the speaker)

उवाचsaid

नnot

एतत्this

अस्तिis/exists

इहhere

यथाas/just as

अस्माकम्of us/our

भक्तम्food (portion)

इन्धनम्fuel/firewood

एवindeed/just

चand

संचिन्त्यम्to be worried about / to be provided for

वार्षिकम्annual; for a year

चित्तेin (his) mind

तेनtherefore/by that

पीवाfat, well-fed

उच्छुनाswollen/puffed up

सहtogether with

Speaker

विश्वामित्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Jamadagni

dog

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Freedom from constant anxiety over provisions (food and fuel) is presented as a mark of ease and contentment; the verse contrasts the burden of continual planning with a life that is untroubled by such worries.

What is happening in the narrative?

Jamadagni comments that, unlike their own situation where they must think year-round about securing food and firewood, the person being referred to has no such concern; as a result, he has become well-fed—‘plump’—even in the company of a dog.