Shloka 118

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

Devanagari script

भरद्वाज उवाच नृशंसस्त्यक्तधर्मस्तु स्त्रीषु ज्ञातिषु गोषु च । ब्राह्मणं चापि जयतां बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः,भरद्वाज बोले--जिसने मृणाल चुराया हो उस निर्दयीको धर्मके परित्यागका दोष लगे। वह स्त्रियों, कुटुम्बीजनों तथा गौओंके साथ पापपूर्ण बर्ताव करनेका दोषी हो और ब्राह्मणको वाद-विवादमें पराजित करनेका पाप लगे

Transliteration

bharadvāja uvāca | nṛśaṃsas tyaktadharmas tu strīṣu jñātiṣu goṣu ca | brāhmaṇaṃ cāpi jayataṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ||

Translation

Bharadvāja said: “He who commits the theft of a lotus-stalk is to be regarded as cruel and as one who has abandoned dharma. He incurs the taint of sinful conduct toward women, toward his own kinsmen, and toward cows; and he also bears the sin of defeating a brāhmaṇa in disputation.”

Word by Word

• {'bharadvāja uvāca': 'Bharadvāja said', 'nṛśaṃsaḥ': 'cruel, pitiless, ruthless', 'tyakta-dharmaḥ': 'one who has abandoned dharma

• irreligious', 'tu': 'indeed, but (emphatic particle)', 'strīṣu': 'toward/among women (locative plural)', 'jñātiṣu': 'toward/among kinsmen/relatives (locative plural)', 'goṣu': 'toward/among cows (locative plural)', 'brāhmaṇam': 'a brāhmaṇa (accusative singular)', 'ca api': 'and also', 'jayatām': 'defeating, conquering (in contest/disputation

• participial sense)', 'bisa': 'lotus-stalk, lotus-fibre', 'stainyam': 'theft

• the state/act of stealing', 'karoti': 'does, commits, brings about', 'yaḥ': 'who (relative pronoun)'}

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• brāhmaṇa
• women (strī)
• kinsmen/relatives (jñāti)
• cows (go)
• lotus-stalk (bisa)