Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

तत:ः प्रचोदिता राज्ञा वन॑ गत्वास्य मन्त्रिण: । प्रचीयोदुम्बराणि सम दातु तेषां प्रचक्रिरे,तब राजाकी प्रेरणासे उनके मन्त्री वनमें गये और गूलरके फल तोड़कर उन्हें देनेकी चेष्टा करने लगे

Transliteration

tataḥ pracoditā rājñā vanaṃ gatvā’sya mantriṇaḥ | pracīyodumbarāṇi samaṃ dātuṃ teṣāṃ pracakrire ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: Then, urged on by the king, his ministers went to the forest and set about gathering udumbara (cluster fig) fruits, trying to distribute them equally among those concerned.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: avyaya

• प्रचोदिताः: urged, prompted
• प्रचोदिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-चुद् (क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रचोदित)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• वनम्: to the forest (forest as goal)
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; गत्वा)
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वान्त), indeclinable

• अस्य: of him / for him
• अस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• मन्त्रिणः: ministers, counselors
• मन्त्रिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• प्रचीय: collect! gather!
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-चि (लोट्; 2nd person singular, परस्मैपद) / or irregular for प्रचिनु (from प्र-चि)
• Form: imperative (लोट्), 2nd person, singular, parasmaipada

• उदुम्बराणि: udumbara fruits (cluster figs)
• उदुम्बराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदुम्बर
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• समम्: equally / together / properly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत्)
• Form: avyaya

• दातुम्: to give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (तुमुन्-प्रत्यय; दातुम्)
• Form: infinitive (तुमन्त), indeclinable

• तेषाम्: to them / for them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• प्रचक्रिरे: they set about / they attempted
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-चर् (लिट्; आत्मनेपद) / idiomatic: ‘set about, attempted’
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, plural, atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• king (rājā)
• ministers (mantriṇaḥ)
• forest (vana)
• udumbara fruits (udumbarāṇi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse points to dharmic governance through fairness and order: the king’s instruction is executed by ministers, and the act of distributing resources 'equally' (samam) signals an ethical ideal of impartial allocation rather than favoritism.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the king’s prompting, his ministers go into the forest, collect udumbara fruits, and begin arranging to give them out evenly to the intended recipients, showing the practical implementation of a royal decision.