Shloka 49

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

इध्मार्थ तु गते तस्मिन्नग्निपुत्रे सुदर्शने । अतिर्थित्राह्मण: श्रीमांस्तामाहौघवती तदा

Transliteration

idhmārthaṁ tu gate tasminn agniputre sudarśane | atithir brāhmaṇaḥ śrīmāṁs tām āha oghavatīṁ tadā ||

Translation

Dijo Bhīṣma: Cuando Sudarśana, hijo de Agni, había salido a recoger leña, llegó a su casa un huésped brahmán, radiante de esplendor; y en ese momento se dirigió a Oghavatī.

Word by Word

• इध्मार्थम्: for the purpose of fuel-sticks
• इध्मार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इध्मार्थ

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine, locative, singular

• तस्मिन्: in him/when he
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• अग्निपुत्रे: in the son of Agni
• अग्निपुत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निपुत्र
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• सुदर्शने: in/when Sudarśana
• सुदर्शने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• अतिथिः: a guest
• अतिथिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• श्रीमन्: splendid, illustrious
• श्रीमन्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• आह: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• ओघवतीम्: Oghavatī
• ओघवतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओघवती
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• तदा: then/at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Sudarshana (Agniputra)
• Agni
• Oghavati
• Brahmin guest (Atithi)
• firewood (idhma)