Shloka 12

अग्निस्तुति, इन्द्रदर्शन, नहुष-भयवर्णन

Agni-hymn, discovery of Indra, and the Nahuṣa threat

Devanagari script

आगत्य च ततस्तूर्ण तमाचष्ट बृहस्पते: । अणुमात्रेण वपुषा पद्मतन्त्वश्रितं प्रभुम्‌,वहाँसे तुरंत लौटकर अग्निदेवने बृहस्पतिको बताया कि भगवान्‌ इन्द्र सूक्ष्म शरीर धारण करके एक कमलनालका आश्रय लेकर रहते हैं

Transliteration

āgatya ca tatas tūrṇaṃ tam ācakṣa bṛhaspateḥ | aṇumātreṇa vapuṣā padma-tantv-āśritaṃ prabhum |

Translation

Returning at once from there, Agni promptly informed Bṛhaspati that the Lord Indra was abiding in concealment—having assumed an exceedingly subtle body and taken refuge within the fiber-like stalk of a lotus.

Word by Word

• आगत्य: having come (back)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आचष्ट: told/declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बृहस्पतेः: to/of Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतेः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अणुमात्रेण: by/with an atom-sized measure
• अणुमात्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अणु-मात्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वपुषा: with a body/form
• वपुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पद्मतन्तु: the lotus-fibre/lotus-stalk
• पद्मतन्तु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म-तन्तु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रितम्: having resorted to/taking refuge in
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभुम्: the lord/master (Indra)
• प्रभुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Agni (Agni-deva)
• Bṛhaspati
• Indra
• Padma (lotus)
• Padma-tantu (lotus-stalk fiber)