Shloka 134
Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्
शुन:सख उवाच न्यस्तमद्यं न पश्यदूभिर्यदुक्तं कृतकर्मभि: । सत्यमेतन्न मिथ्यैतद् बिसस्तैन्यं कृतं मया
śunaḥsakha uvāca: nyastam adyaṁ na paśyadbhir yad uktaṁ kṛtakarmabhiḥ | satyam etan na mithyaitad bisastainyaṁ kṛtaṁ mayā ||
શુનઃસખે કહ્યું—તમે કર્મમાં લાગેલા હોવાથી જોઈ શક્યા નહોતા; તેથી તમે જે કહ્યું તે સત્ય છે, અસત્ય નથી. મૃણાલોની ચોરી મેં જ કરી છે।
शुन:सख उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds satya (truthfulness) as an ethical duty: wrongdoing is acknowledged without evasion. Confession becomes the first step toward restoring dharma after a lapse such as theft.
Śunaḥsakha admits that he himself stole the lotus-stalks that had been set aside, doing so while others were occupied with ritual acts and not watching. He affirms that the accusation against him is correct and not false.