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Shloka 98

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

गण्डोवाच वक्त्रैकदेशे गण्डेति धातुमेतं प्रचक्षते । तेनोन्नतेन गण्डेति विद्धि मानलसम्भवे,गण्डाने कहा--अग्निसे उत्पन्न होनेवाली कृत्ये! गडि धातुसे गण्ड शब्दकी सिद्धि होती है, यह मुखके एक देश--कपोलका वाचक है। मेरा कपोल (गण्ड) ऊँचा है, इसलिये लोग मुझे गण्डा कहते हैं

gaṇḍovāca vaktraikadeśe gaṇḍeti dhātum etaṁ pracakṣate | tenonnatena gaṇḍeti viddhi mānalasambhave ||

ഗണ്ഡൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അഗ്നിജ കൃത്യേ! ‘ഗണ്ഡ്’ എന്ന ധാതു മുഖത്തിലെ ഒരു ഭാഗമായ കപോലം (ചീക്ക്) സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു എന്ന് പറയുന്നു. എന്റെ കപോലം ഉന്നതമായതിനാൽ ജനങ്ങൾ എന്നെ ‘ഗണ്ഡൻ’ എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നു.

गण्डःGaṇḍa (proper name / the speaker)
गण्डः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगण्ड
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular
वक्त्रof the face/mouth
वक्त्र:
TypeNoun
Rootवक्त्र
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
एकदेशेin a part/region
एकदेशे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootएकदेश
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
गण्डin the cheek
गण्ड:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगण्ड
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
धातुम्a verbal root
धातुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधातु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एतम्this
एतम्:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रचक्षतेthey call/declare
प्रचक्षते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-चक्ष्
FormPresent, 3rd, Plural
तेनby that/therefore
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
उन्नतेनby (being) raised/elevated
उन्नतेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootउन्नत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
गण्डcheek (as the basis of the name)
गण्ड:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगण्ड
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
विद्धिknow (you)
विद्धि:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular
मानलof Mānala (name; here: fire)
मानल:
TypeNoun
Rootमानल
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
सम्भवेin/at the origin; in the one who has arisen
सम्भवे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसम्भव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

विश्वामित्र उवाच

G
Gaṇḍa
A
a fire-born being (mānala-sambhava)

Educational Q&A

The verse illustrates a traditional Sanskrit method of explaining names through etymology: a person’s epithet can be justified by a word’s root-meaning (here, ‘gaṇḍa’ as ‘cheek’), linking language, bodily description, and identity.

A character named Gaṇḍa explains to a fire-born interlocutor why he is called ‘Gaṇḍa’: the term denotes the cheek, and his cheek is prominent, so the name fits.