Shloka 68

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

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच अथ दृष्टवा परिव्राट्‌ स तान्‌ महर्षीन्‌ शुना सह । अभिगम्य यथान्यायं पाणिस्पर्शमभथाचरत्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca atha dṛṣṭvā parivrāṭ sa tān maharṣīn śunā saha | abhigamya yathānyāyaṃ pāṇisparśam athācarat ||

Translation

भीष्म म्हणाले—राजन्! कुत्र्यासह आलेल्या त्या परिव्राजकाने ते महर्षी पाहताच त्यांच्या जवळ जाऊन संन्यासधर्माच्या मर्यादेनुसार त्यांच्या हातांना स्पर्श करून नमस्कार केला.

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• परिव्राट्: wandering ascetic
• परिव्राट्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिव्राट्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महर्षीन्: great sages
• महर्षीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शुना: with a dog
• शुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• अभिगम्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• यथान्यायम्: according to proper rule
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + न्याय

• पाणिस्पर्शम्: touching of the hand (hand-touch salutation)
• पाणिस्पर्शम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि + स्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्याचरत्: performed / observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-आ-चर्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a parivrājaka (wandering ascetic)
• maharṣis (great sages)
• a dog

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is upheld through proper ācāra (disciplined conduct): even a wandering renunciant should show due reverence to great sages by following established norms of respectful greeting.

What is happening in the narrative?

A wandering ascetic arrives with a dog, sees a group of great seers, approaches them, and greets them according to proper custom by touching their hands.