Shloka 139

Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्

Devanagari script

उत्तिष्ठ ध्वमित: क्षिप्रं तानवाप्लुत वै द्विजा:

Transliteration

uttiṣṭha dhvam itaḥ kṣipraṃ tān avāpluta vai dvijāḥ

Translation

Śunaḥśakha dit : «Levez-vous d’ici sur-le-champ, ô brāhmaṇas, et allez vite vous baigner.»

Word by Word

• उत्तिष्ठ: stand up; arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (उत् + स्था)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

• ध्वम्: you (plural)
• ध्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• इतः: from here; hence
• इतः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly; swiftly
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षिप्र
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अवाप्लुत: having plunged into; having immersed (themselves)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + प्लु (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• द्विजाः: Brahmins; twice-born
• द्विजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

शुन:सख उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śunaḥśakha
• dvijāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Promptness in righteous conduct: those responsible for dharma should not delay in acts of purification and disciplined observance, since inner and outer cleanliness support ethical steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śunaḥśakha addresses a group of brāhmaṇas, commanding them to get up from their place and quickly perform bathing/ablution, indicating an immediate need for ritual readiness or purification before the next action.