Shloka 37
Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)
Devanagari script
प्रसादयामास च तमगस्त्य॑ त्रिदशेश्वर: । स्वयमभ्येत्य राजर्षे पुरस्कृत्य बृहस्पतिम्,राजर्षे! देवेश्वर इन्द्रने स्वयं आकर बृहस्पतिको आगे करके अगस्त्य ऋषिको मनाया
Transliteration
prasādayāmāsa ca tam agastyaṃ tridaśeśvaraḥ | svayam abhyetya rājarṣe puraskṛtya bṛhaspatim ||
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: The lord of the gods, Indra, personally approached the sage Agastya and, placing Bṛhaspati before him as an honored mediator, sought to appease and win over the royal seer.
Word by Word
प्रसादयामासpropitiated, pleased
प्रसादयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रसादय् (प्र+सद् caus.)
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
अगस्त्यम्Agastya
अगस्त्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootअगस्त्य
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
त्रिदशेश्वरःlord of the thirty (gods), i.e., Indra
त्रिदशेश्वरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिदशेश्वर
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
स्वयम्himself
स्वयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम्
अभ्येत्यhaving approached
अभ्येत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि+इ (इण्)
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)
राजर्षेO royal sage
राजर्षे:
TypeNoun
Rootराजर्षि
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
पुरस्कृत्यhaving placed in front / having put forward
पुरस्कृत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootपुरस्+कृ
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)
बृहस्पतिम्Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootबृहस्पति
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaA
AgastyaI
IndraB
BṛhaspatiVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes