Shloka 38

नहुषोपाख्यानम्—दीपदान-धूप-बलीकर्म-प्रशंसा

Nahūṣa Episode and the Commendation of Lamp-Gifting and Household Offerings

Devanagari script

एवमेतत्‌ पुरावृत्तं नहुषस्य व्यतिक्रमात्‌

Transliteration

evam etat purāvṛttaṃ nahuṣasya vyatikramāt

Translation

Thus indeed did this ancient event occur—arising from Nahusha’s transgression.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, long ago
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• वृत्तम्: event, occurrence, what happened
• वृत्तम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नहुषस्य: of Nahusha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नहुष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• व्यतिक्रमात्: from/owing to the transgression, misconduct
• व्यतिक्रमात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतिक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nahuṣa