Shloka 5

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

Devanagari script

सायं प्रातश्च भगवान्‌ दृश्यते हव्यवाहन: । मक्षिकाश्नादशंस्तत्र तपस: प्रतिघातिका:

Transliteration

sāyaṁ prātaś ca bhagavān dṛśyate havyavāhanaḥ | makṣikāśnād aśaṁs tatra tapasaḥ pratighātikāḥ ||

Translation

सायंकाल और प्रातःकाल वहाँ भगवान् हव्यवाहन (अग्निदेव) के दर्शन होते थे। पर उसी स्थान में तपस्या को बाधित करनेवाली मक्खियों के समान काटने-खानेवाली विघ्न-बाधाएँ भी थीं।

Word by Word

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम्
• Form: Avyaya (time-adverb)

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः
• Form: Avyaya (time-adverb)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• भगवान्: the venerable one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present tense, passive voice, 3rd person, singular

• हव्यवाहनः: Agni (carrier of oblations)
• हव्यवाहनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाहन
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• मक्षिकाः: flies
• मक्षिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मक्षिका
• Form: Feminine, nominative, plural

• अश्नाद्: ate
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Imperfect (past), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• अशंसत्: praised/recited
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: Imperfect (past), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: Avyaya (place-adverb)

• तपसः: of austerity/penance
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, genitive, singular

• प्रतिघातिकाः: obstructive, causing hindrance
• प्रतिघातिकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिघातिका
• Form: Feminine, nominative, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Agni (Havyavāhana)