Shloka 78

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

Devanagari script

यातुधान्युवाच यास्मि सास्म्यनुयोगो मे न कर्तव्य: कथंचन । आरक्षिणीं मां पद्मिन्या वित्त सर्वे तपोधना:,यातुधानी बोली--तपस्वियो! मैं जो कोई भी होऊँ, तुम्हें मेरे विषयमें पूछ-ताछ करनेका किसी प्रकार कोई अधिकार नहीं है। तुम इतना ही जान लो कि मैं इस सरोवरका संरक्षण करनेवाली हूँ

Transliteration

yātudhānī uvāca—yā asmi sā asmi; anuyogo me na kartavyaḥ kathaṃcana | ārakṣiṇīṃ māṃ padminyā vitta sarve tapodhanāḥ ||

Translation

The Yātudhānī said: “Whoever I am, that indeed I am. You have no right, in any way, to interrogate me about myself. Know only this, O ascetics rich in austerity: I am the guardian appointed for this lotus-filled lake.”

Word by Word

यातुधानीthe rākṣasī/demoness

उवाचsaid

याwho (I) / whatever (I am)

अस्मिam

साthat (same one) / I (as such)

अस्मिam

अनुयोगःquestioning/inquiry

मेof me / about me

नnot

कर्तव्यःto be done / should be done

कथंचनin any way; at all

आरक्षिणीम्as a protectress/guardian

माम्me

पद्मिन्याःof the lotus-pond/lake (Padminī)

वित्तknow (you all)!

सर्वेall

तपोधनाःascetics rich in austerity

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yātudhānī

tapodhanāḥ (ascetics)

padminī (lotus-lake/pond)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes