Shloka 18

Nahūṣa’s Fall Explained: Agastya’s Account to Indra (Śalya-narrated)

Devanagari script

एवं भ्रष्टो दुरात्मा स देवराज्यादरिंदम । दिष्ट्या वर्धामहे शक्र हतो ब्राह्मणकण्टक:

Transliteration

evaṁ bhraṣṭo durātmā sa devarājyād arindama | diṣṭyā vardhāmahe śakra hato brāhmaṇakaṇṭakaḥ ||

Translation

「かくして、あの邪悪なる者は神々の王権より堕ち、打ち落とされた。幸いなるかな、シャクラよ、我らは栄える——バラモンを苦しめた棘が討たれたゆえに。」

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• भ्रष्टः: fallen, deprived
• भ्रष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रष्ट (√भ्रंश्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुरात्मा: evil-souled one
• दुरात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• देवराज्यात्: from the sovereignty of the gods
• देवराज्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज्य
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अरिंदम: O subduer of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately, by good luck
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि

• वर्धामहे: we prosper / we thrive
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, First, Plural

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• हतः: slain
• हतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत (√हन्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणकण्टकः: thorn to the Brahmins (a tormentor of Brahmins)
• ब्राह्मणकण्टकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणकण्टक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Śakra (Indra)
• devas (gods)
• brāhmaṇas