Shloka 125

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

Devanagari script

अशुचिर्त्रद्यकूटो5स्तु ऋद्धया चैवाप्यहंकृत: । कर्षको मत्सरी चास्तु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति य:

Transliteration

aśucir trayakūṭo 'stu ṛddhyā caivāpy ahaṅkṛtaḥ | karṣako matsarī cāstu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ||

Translation

ବିଶ୍ୱାମିତ୍ର କହିଲେ—ଯେ ମୃଣାଳ (ବିସ) ଅପହରଣ କରେ, ସେ ଅଶୁଚି ହେଉ; ବେଦନିନ୍ଦକ ନାସ୍ତିକ ହେଉ; ଧନ-ଐଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟରେ ଅହଂକାରୀ ହେଉ; ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ ହୋଇ ମଧ୍ୟ କୃଷକ ହୋଇ ହଳ ଧରୁ; ଏବଂ ମତ୍ସରୀ ହେଉ।

Word by Word

• अशुचिः: impure
• अशुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रैविद्यकूटः: one who falsifies/cheats with the three Vedas (a Veda-deceiver)
• त्रैविद्यकूटः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैविद्यकूट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्तु: let him be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular

• ऋद्धया: by/with wealth, prosperity
• ऋद्धया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अहंकृतः: made arrogant; puffed up with ego
• अहंकृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहंकृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्षकः: ploughman; cultivator
• कर्षकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्षक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मत्सरी: envious
• मत्सरी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्सरिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्तु: let him be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular

• बिसस्तैन्यम्: theft of lotus-stalks (fibres)
• बिसस्तैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिसस्तैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• करोति: does; commits
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular

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

Speaker

विश्वामित्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Veda
• bisa (lotus-fibre/mṛṇāla)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even seemingly minor theft (here, lotus-fibre) is treated as a serious breach of dharma, bringing moral and social degradation—impurity, envy, arrogance, and a fall from proper conduct and reverence for Vedic authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a didactic passage of Anuśāsana Parva, Viśvāmitra pronounces the kinds of दोष/पाप (faults and sins) that are said to accrue to a person who steals lotus-fibres, listing the resulting moral taints and degraded dispositions.