Shloka 112

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

Devanagari script

त उक्त्वा बाढमित्येवं सर्व एव तदा समम्‌ | क्षुधार्ता: सुपरिश्रान्ता: शपथायोपचक्रमु:,शपथकी बात सुनकर सब-के-सब बोल उठे--“बहुत अच्छा'। फिर वे भूखसे पीड़ित और परिश्रमसे थके-माँदे ब्राह्मण एक साथ ही शपथ खानेको तैयार हो गये

Transliteration

ta uktvā bāḍham ity evaṁ sarva eva tadā samam | kṣudhārtāḥ supariśrāntāḥ śapathāyopacakramuḥ ||

Translation

Having heard those words, all of them together replied, “Very well.” Then those brāhmaṇas—afflicted by hunger and utterly worn out by exertion—collectively prepared to take the oath.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (statement/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, non-finite

• बाढम्: certainly; very well
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाढम्

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• समम्: together; in unison
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम

• क्षुधा-आर्ताः: afflicted by hunger
• क्षुधा-आर्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुधा-आर्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सुपरिश्रान्ताः: very exhausted
• सुपरिश्रान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपरिश्रान्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• शपथाय: for an oath; to take an oath
• शपथाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• उपचक्रमुः: they began; they set about
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-क्रम्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

Speaker

शुन:सख उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शुन:सख (Śunaḥsakha)
• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇas)
• शपथ (oath)