Shloka 20

अगस्त्य-वातापि-उपाख्यानम्

Agastya and Vātāpi: Ilvala’s stratagem; Lopāmudrā’s emergence

Devanagari script

।। यथा चेक्ष्वाकुरभवत्‌ सपुत्रजनबान्धव:

Transliteration

yathā cekṣvākur abhavat saputra-janabāndhavaḥ

Translation

“Sebagaimana Ikṣvāku dahulu menjadi (makmur dan teguh), bersama anak-anaknya, rakyatnya, dan kaum kerabatnya.”

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इक्ष्वाकुः: Ikshvaku (the king)
• इक्ष्वाकुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्ष्वाकु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• स: he (that one)
• स: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रजनबान्धवः: one having sons, people, and kinsmen (i.e., with sons and relatives)
• पुत्रजनबान्धवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-जन-बान्धव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ikṣvāku