Shloka 12

Nahūṣa’s Fall Explained: Agastya’s Account to Indra (Śalya-narrated)

Devanagari script

अगस्त्य उवाच ततो विवदमान: स मुनिभि: सह वासव । अथ मामस्पृशन्मूर्थ्नि पादेनाधर्मपीडित:

Transliteration

agastya uvāca | tato vivadamānaḥ sa munibhiḥ saha vāsava | atha mām aspṛśan mūrdhni pādena adharmapīḍitaḥ |

Translation

Agastya said: “O Vāsava (Indra), then Nahuṣa began to quarrel with the sages. Overpowered by adharma, that sinful one struck my head with his foot.”

Word by Word

• अगस्त्यः: Agastya
• अगस्त्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• विवदमानः: disputing/arguing
• Type: Verb
• Root: विवद्
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिभिः: with sages
• मुनिभिः: Saha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• वासव: O Vāsava (Indra)
• वासव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• अस्पृशत्: touched/struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

• मूर्ध्नि: on (my) head
• मूर्ध्नि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पादेन: with (his) foot
• पादेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अधर्मपीडितः: oppressed by unrighteousness
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर्म-पीडित
• Form: Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Indra (Vāsava)
• Nahusha
• Sages (munis)