Shloka 11

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

उनके सिवा और भी अनेक मुनियोंने बड़े-बड़े यज्ञ किये थे। भरतश्रेष्ठ! महर्षि अगस्त्यका ऐसा यज्ञ जब चालू हो गया, तब देवराज इन्द्रने वहाँ वर्षा बंद कर दी

Transliteration

vaśiṣṭhādayaḥ pare 'pi bahavo munayo mahāyajñān akurvata | bharataśreṣṭha! mahārṣer agastyasya yajne pravṛtte devarāja indro 'tra varṣaṃ nyavārayat |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Besides those already mentioned, many other sages too performed great sacrifices. O best of the Bharatas, when the great sage Agastya’s sacrifice had begun, Indra, king of the gods, withheld the rains there.”

Word by Word

• तेभ्यः: from them / besides them
• तेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, ablative, plural

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• महान्तः: great
• महान्तः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• यज्ञान्: sacrifices
• यज्ञान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अकुर्वन्: performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: imperfect, 3, plural, parasmaipada

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यदा: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• महर्षेः: of the great sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• अगस्त्यस्य: of Agastya
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• यज्ञः: sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रवृत्तः: having begun / set in motion
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रवृत्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अभवत्: became / was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperfect, 3, singular, parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• देवराजः: king of the gods
• देवराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-राज
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• वर्षाम्: rain
• वर्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• अवरुरोध: stopped / restrained
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध्
• Form: perfect, 3, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Agastya
• Indra
• munis (sages)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• rain (varṣa)