Shloka 135

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

Devanagari script

मया हान्तर्हितानीह बिसानीमानि पश्यत । परीक्षार्थ भगवतां कृतमेवं॑ मयानघा:,मैंने उन मृणालोंको यहाँ छिपा दिया था। देखिये, ये रहे आपके मृणाल। निष्पाप मुनियो! मैंने आपलोगोंकी परीक्षाके लिये ही ऐसा किया था

Transliteration

mayā hāntarhitānīha bisānīmāni paśyata | parīkṣārthaṁ bhagavatāṁ kṛtam evaṁ mayānaghāḥ ||

Translation

Śunaḥsakha berkata: “Aku telah menyembunyikan tangkai teratai ini di sini. Lihatlah—ini tangkai kamu. Wahai para resi yang suci, aku melakukan demikian hanya untuk menguji kamu, para yang mulia.”

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• हा: alas / indeed (exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• अन्तर्हितानि: hidden
• अन्तर्हितानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्हित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• बिसानि: lotus-stalks / lotus-fibres
• बिसानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिस
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• इमानि: these
• इमानि: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• पश्यत: see (you all)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural

• परीक्षार्थम्: for the sake of testing
• परीक्षार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परीक्षा-अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भगवताम्: of the venerable ones (holy men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कृतम्: done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• अनघाः: O sinless ones
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

Speaker

शुन:सख उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शुन:सख (Śunaḥsakha)
• भद्र/भगवत् मुनि (venerable sages, implied addressees)
• बिस (lotus-stalks; concealed object)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical discernment: an act that appears deceptive (hiding the lotus-stalks) is framed as a deliberate test of the sages’ conduct, emphasizing examination of virtue, restraint, and intention in dharmic life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śunaḥsakha reveals that he had concealed the lotus-stalks and now returns them, explaining to the sinless sages that the concealment was done specifically to test them.