Shloka 28

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

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ते सर्वमेवैतदभवत्‌ तपसा मुने: । तस्य दीप्ताग्निमहसस्त्वगस्त्यस्यातितेजस:,प्रज्वलित अग्निके समान तेजस्वी, अतिशय कान्तिमान्‌ महर्षि अगस्त्यके इतना कहते ही उनकी तपस्याके प्रभावसे ये सारी वस्तुएँ वहाँ प्रस्तुत हो गयीं

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca |

ity ukte sarvam evaitad abhavat tapasā muneḥ |

tasya dīptāgnimahas tv Agastyasyātitejasaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “When this had been spoken, all of it came to pass through the ascetic power of the sage. For Agastya—of blazing, fire-like radiance and surpassing splendor—by the force of his tapas caused the desired things to manifest.”

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्तेwhen (it was) said

सर्वम्all

एवindeed/just

एतत्this

अभवत्became/occurred/appeared

तपसाby austerity

मुनेःof the sage

तस्यof him/of that (sage)

दीप्तblazing

अग्निfire

महसःof splendor/energy

तुbut/and indeed

अगस्त्यस्यof Agastya

अतिexceedingly/very

तेजसःof brilliance/energy

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Agastya

muni (sage)

tapas (austerity/ascetic power)

agni (fire, as a simile for radiance)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes