Shloka 18

Ṛśyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-praveśaḥ — Lomāśa narrates the origins of Ṛśyaśṛṅga and the Anga drought (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

देवाक्ष ऋषयश्नैव वसन्त्यद्यापि भारत । तेषां सायं तथा प्रातर्दश्यते हव्यवाहन:,भारत! आज भी यहाँ देवता तथा ऋषि निवास करते हैं। सायंकाल और प्रात:काल यहाँ उनके द्वारा प्रजजलित की हुई अग्निका दर्शन होता है

Transliteration

devākṣa ṛṣayaś caiva vasanty adyāpi bhārata | teṣāṁ sāyaṁ tathā prātar dṛśyate havyavāhanaḥ ||

Translation

Lomasa said: “O Bhārata, even today the gods and the seers dwell here. At evening and again at dawn, the sacred fire kindled by them is seen here.”

Word by Word

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• वसन्ति: dwell/live
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम्

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर्

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive

• हव्यवाहनः: Agni (the carrier of oblations)
• हव्यवाहनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाहन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomasa
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Devas
• Ṛṣis
• Havyavāhana (Agni)