Shloka 41

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

Devanagari script

भरद्वाज उवाच उत्पन्नस्य रुरो: शंंगं वर्धमानस्य वर्धते । प्रार्थना पुरुषस्येव तस्य मात्रा न विद्यते

Transliteration

bharadvāja uvāca utpannasya ruroḥ śṛṅgaṃ vardhamānasya vardhate | prārthanā puruṣasyeva tasya mātrā na vidyate ||

Translation

Bharadvāja said: “As the horn of the serpent Ruru, once it has arisen, keeps increasing as it grows, so too a man’s entreaty (or desire) keeps expanding—there is no fixed measure or limit to it.”

Word by Word

• भरद्वाजः: Bharadvaja
• भरद्वाजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• उत्पन्नस्य: of (one) born / arisen
• उत्पन्नस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्पन्न
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रुरोः: of Ruru
• रुरोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शृङ्गम्: horn
• शृङ्गम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वर्धमानस्य: of (one) growing
• वर्धमानस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्धमान
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्धते: grows / increases
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• प्रार्थना: request, entreaty
• प्रार्थना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रार्थना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषस्य: of a man / person
• पुरुषस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तस्य: of that / his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मात्रा: measure, limit
• मात्रा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• विद्यते: is found / exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• Ruru
• śṛṅga (horn)