Shloka 47

Devanagari script

इन्द्र रवाच न मया भगवल्लॉमभाद्धूतं पुष्करमद्य वै । धर्मास्तु श्रोतुकामेन ह्तं न क्रोद्भयुमहसि

Transliteration

indra uvāca na mayā bhagavan lomaśād dhūtaṃ puṣkaram adya vai | dharmās tu śrotukāmena hṛtaṃ na krodhabhayumahasi ||

Translation

Indra said: “O venerable one, today I have not taken away Puṣkara from Lomaśa. If you are eager to hear about dharma, you should not, out of anger or fear, seize it away.”

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

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

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• भगवन्: O Blessed one / O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• लोमभात्: from Lomabha (proper name)
• लोमभात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमभ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• उद्धृतम्: taken out / removed
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• पुष्करम्: the lotus / Pushkara (name)
• पुष्करम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• धर्मान्: duties / dharmas
• धर्मान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• श्रोतुकामेन: by one desiring to hear
• श्रोतुकामेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रोतुकाम
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• हृतम्: taken away / carried off
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• क्रोधभयम्: anger and fear
• क्रोधभयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोधभय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्हसि: you ought / you should
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Lomaśa
• Puṣkara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A seeker of dharma should not act under the sway of anger or fear; ethical understanding requires calm restraint rather than impulsive seizure or retaliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra responds in dialogue, denying that he has taken Puṣkara from the sage Lomaśa and admonishing that one who wishes to hear dharma should not behave rashly out of anger or fear.