Shloka 92

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

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वनें श्राद्धकल्पविषयक बानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

viśvāmitra uvāca—viśve devāś ca me mitrā mitram asmi gavāṃ tathā | viśvāmitram iti khyātaṃ yātudhāni nibodha mām ||

Translation

Viśvāmitra dit : «Les Viśvedevas sont mes amis, et moi aussi je suis l’ami des vaches. En vérité, je suis l’ami du monde entier. C’est pourquoi je suis renommé dans le monde sous le nom de “Viśvāmitra”. Ô Yātudhānī, écoute attentivement et comprends qui je suis.»

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• विश्वे: all (the) / the Viśvedevas (as a group)
• विश्वे: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• मे: my/of me
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मित्राः: friends
• मित्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मित्रम्: friend
• मित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular

• गवाम्: of cows
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• विश्वामित्रम्: Viśvāmitra (name)
• विश्वामित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus/so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• ख्यातम्: is known/famed
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) / ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यातुधानि: O Yātudhānī (female demon/ogress)
• यातुधानि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• निबोध: understand/know (listen and grasp)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु) उपसर्ग: नि-
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Vishvamitra
• Vishvedevas
• cows (go)
• Yatudhani

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds maitri (benevolent friendship) as a dharmic identity: Viśvāmitra defines himself by universal goodwill—toward gods, cows (symbols of sustenance and non-violence), and the world—implying that ethical stature is grounded in protective, inclusive friendship rather than hostility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Bhīṣma’s discourse in the Anuśāsana Parva, a cited passage presents Viśvāmitra addressing a being called Yātudhānī, instructing her to listen and declaring why he is known as ‘Viśvāmitra’—because he is a friend to the Viśvedevas, to cows, and to all beings.