Shloka 114

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

Devanagari script

अत्रि बोले--जो मृणालकी चोरी करता हो उसे गायको लात मारने, सूर्यकी ओर मुँह करके पेशाब करने और अनध्यायके समय अध्ययन करनेका पाप लगे ।।

Transliteration

Vasiṣṭha uvāca: anadhyāye paṭhel loke śunaḥ saḥ parikarṣatu | parivrāṭ kāmavṛttas tu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ||

Translation

ବସିଷ୍ଠ କହିଲେ—“ଅନଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମୟରେ ବେଦ ପଢ଼ୁଥିବା ଲୋକ ଲୋକମଧ୍ୟରେ କୁକୁର ଟାଣିନେବା ପରି ଘୋର ଦୋଷର ଭାଗୀ ହୁଏ। ଏବଂ ପରିବ୍ରାଜକ ହୋଇ ମଧ୍ୟ କାମେଚ୍ଛାନୁସାରେ ଚାଲୁଥିବା ଲୋକ—ସେ ମଧ୍ୟ ମୃଣାଳ-ଚୋରିର ପାପ କରେ।”

Word by Word

• अनध्याये: at the time of non-study (prohibited time)
• अनध्याये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पठेत्: should read/recite
• पठेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• लोके: in the world / among people
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शुनः: of a dog (i.e., with a dog)
• शुनः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• परिकर्षतु: let him drag about / be dragged around
• परिकर्षतु: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√कृष्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परिव्राट्: a wandering mendicant (renunciant)
• परिव्राट्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिव्राट्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामवृत्तः: acting as he pleases / of self-willed conduct
• कामवृत्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम-वृत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• बिसस्तैन्यं: theft of lotus-stalks (mṛṇāla/bisa)
• बिसस्तैन्यं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिस-स्तैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• करोति: does/commits
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• parivrāṭ (wandering renunciant)
• dogs (śunaḥ)
• bisa (lotus-stalk fibre)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharma includes strict discipline in sacred learning and integrity in renunciation: studying the Veda at forbidden times (anadhyāya) and living as a desire-driven ‘renunciant’ are treated as serious moral violations, comparable to theft.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, Vasiṣṭha delivers a moral-legal judgment: he states the demerit attached to reciting during anadhyāya and condemns a wandering ascetic who behaves licentiously, declaring such conduct tantamount to stealing lotus-stalk fibres (bisa).