Shloka 25

Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्

Devanagari script

कम्मिंश्रिच्च पुरा यज्ञे शैब्येन शिबिसूनुना । दक्षिणार्थेड्थ ऋत्विग्भ्यो दत्त: पुत्र: पुरा किल,पूर्वकालमें शिबिके पुत्र शैब्यने किसी यज्ञमें दक्षिणाके रूपमें अपना एक पुत्र ही ऋत्विजोंको दे दिया था

Transliteration

karmmiṁśricca purā yajñe śaibyena śibisūnunā | dakṣiṇārthe ’tha ṛtvigbhyo dattaḥ putraḥ purā kila ||

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນການບູຊາ (ຍັດ) ໃນອະດີດ ຊາຍບະ (Śaibya) ບຸດຂອງ ຊິບິ (Śibi) ໄດ້ມອບບຸດຂອງຕົນເອງໃຫ້ແກ່ພຣະປະໂລຫິດຜູ້ປະກອບພິທີ (ṛtvij) ເປັນຄ່າບູຊາ ດັກຊິນາ (dakṣiṇā)».

Word by Word

• कस्मिंश्चित्: in some (place/occasion)
• कस्मिंश्चित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कस्मिन् + चित्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• यज्ञे: in a sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शैब्येन: by Śaibya
• शैब्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैब्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शिबिसूनुना: by the son of Śibi
• शिबिसूनुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबि + सूनु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• दक्षिणार्थे: for the purpose of the sacrificial fee
• दक्षिणार्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ऋत्विग्भ्यः: to the priests
• ऋत्विग्भ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• दत्तः: was given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (past participle)

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• किल: indeed, it is said
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• भीष्म (Bhīṣma)
• शैब्य (Śaibya)
• शिबि (Śibi)
• ऋत्विज् (ṛtvij, officiating priests)
• यज्ञ (yajña, sacrifice)
• दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā, sacrificial fee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights uncompromising commitment to dharma as understood through ritual obligation and generosity: dakṣiṇā is not treated as a token gift but as a serious duty, even when it demands painful personal sacrifice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma cites an old example: during a yajña, Śaibya (Śibi’s son) gave his own son to the priests as dakṣiṇā, presenting it as a remembered instance of extraordinary giving and adherence to vowed conduct.