Shloka 166

बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya

Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī

Devanagari script

विज्ञातश्ष कथं देवैस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व तत्त्वतः । जनमेजयने पूछा--ब्रह्म! लोकभावन भगवान्‌ अग्नि क्‍यों अदृश्य हो गये थे और देवताओंने कैसे उनका पता लगाया? यह यथार्थरूपसे बताइये

Transliteration

vijñātaś ca kathaṃ devais tan mamācakṣva tattvataḥ | janamejaya uvāca—brahman! lokabhāvana bhagavān agniḥ kyoṃ adṛśya ho gaye the, aur devatāoṃ ne kaise unakā patā lagāyā? yah yathārtharūp se batāiye |

Translation

ジャナメージャヤは問うた。「婆羅門よ、真実を余すところなく語ってくれ。世を支える主アグニはなぜ姿を隠したのか。神々はいかにしてその居所を突き止めたのか。」

Word by Word

• vijñātaḥ: known, ascertained
• vijñātaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vijñāta (√jñā)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• saḥ: he/that (one)
• saḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• katham: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham

• devaiḥ: by the gods
• devaiḥ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• tat: that (matter)
• tat: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• mama: to me / of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• ācakṣva: tell, explain
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cakṣ (ācakṣ)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• tattvataḥ: in truth, accurately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattvatas

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Agni
• Devas (the gods)
• Brahman (addressed sage/narrator)