Shloka 16

Garuḍa’s Breach of the Amṛta-Guard and Boons with Viṣṇu; Encounter with Indra (Ādi-parva, Adhyāya 29)

Devanagari script

भ्राता तस्यानुजश्नासीत्‌ सुप्रतीको महातपा: । स नेच्छति धनं भ्राता सहैकस्थं महामुनि:,पूर्वकालमें विभावसु नामसे प्रसिद्ध एक महर्षि थे। वे स्वभावके बड़े क्रोधी थे। उनके छोटे भाईका नाम था सुप्रतीक। वे भी बड़े तपस्वी थे। महामुनि सुप्रतीक अपने धनको बड़े भाईके साथ एक जगह नहीं रखना चाहते थे

Transliteration

bhrātā tasyānujas tv āsīt supratīko mahātapāḥ | sa necchati dhanaṃ bhrātā sahaikasthe mahāmuniḥ ||

Translation

Kāśyapa said: “That sage had a younger brother named Supratīka, a great ascetic. Yet this great muni did not wish that his wealth be kept together in one place with his elder brother.”

Word by Word

भ्राताbrother

तस्यof him

अनुजःyounger brother

आसीत्was

सुप्रतीकःSupratīka (name)

महातपाःof great austerity

सःhe

नnot

इच्छतिwishes/desires

धनम्wealth

भ्राताbrother (i.e., the elder brother)

सहtogether with

एकस्थम्kept in one place

महामुनिःthe great sage

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

क

कश्यप (Kaśyapa)

स

सुप्रतीक (Supratīka)

भ

भ्राता (elder brother; unnamed in this verse)

ध

धन (wealth/property)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes