Shloka 26

Vasiṣṭhāpavāha: Sarasvatī’s Diversion and Viśvāmitra’s Curse (वसिष्ठापवाहः)

Devanagari script

ऋषि: प्रसन्नस्तस्याभूत्‌ संरम्भं च विहाय सः । मोक्षार्थ तस्य राज्यस्य जुहाव पुनराहुतिम्‌

Transliteration

ṛṣiḥ prasannastasyābhūt saṃrambhaṃ ca vihāya saḥ | mokṣārthaṃ tasya rājyasya juhāva punarāhutim ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。仙人は彼に満足し、昂ぶりと怒りを捨て去った。そして王とその国土の解脱を願い、再び供物（アーフティ）を火に捧げた。

Word by Word

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अभूत्: became / was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular

• संरम्भम्: anger / agitation / impetuosity
• संरम्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संरम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विहाय: having abandoned / giving up
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्षार्थम्: for the sake of liberation
• मोक्षार्थम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• राज्यस्य: of the kingdom
• राज्यस्य: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जुहाव: offered (in sacrifice) / poured as oblation
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• आहुतिम्: oblation
• आहुतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहुति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• ṛṣi (a sage)
• rājya (kingdom/realm)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual benefit (mokṣa) is best pursued through serenity and restraint: the sage first abandons saṃrambha (heated anger/agitation) and then acts for the higher good through a deliberate, purifying rite.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that a sage, now pleased, gives up his earlier agitation and performs another fire-offering (āhuti), explicitly intending liberation connected with a king and his kingdom.