Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्र उवाच काम कामयमानस्य यदा काम: समृध्यते । अथैनमपर: कामस्तृष्णाविध्यति बाणवत्‌

Transliteration

Viśvāmitra uvāca: kāmaṁ kāmayamānasya yadā kāmaḥ samṛdhyate | athainam aparaḥ kāmas tṛṣṇā-vidhyati bāṇavat ||

Translation

ବିଶ୍ୱାମିତ୍ର କହିଲେ—ଭୋଗକୁ ଆକାଂକ୍ଷା କରୁଥିବା ମଣିଷର ଗୋଟିଏ ଇଚ୍ଛା ପୂରଣ ହେଲେ, ତାହାର ସ୍ଥାନରେ ଆଉ ଗୋଟିଏ ଇଚ୍ଛା ଜନ୍ମ ନେଇଥାଏ। ଏଭଳି ତୃଷ୍ଣା ବାଣ ପରି ପୁନଃପୁନଃ ମନକୁ ବିଦ୍ଧ କରିଚାଲେ।

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कामम्: a desire/object of desire
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कामयमानस्य: of one who is desiring
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामयमान
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• यदा: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• कामः: a desire
• कामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समृध्यते: is fulfilled/prospers
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ऋध्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

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

• एनम्: him/that person
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपरः: another
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामः: desire
• कामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तृष्णा: craving/thirst
• तृष्णा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विध्यति: pierces/strikes
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बाणवत्: like an arrow
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाणवत्

Speaker

विश्वामित्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Fulfilling one desire does not end desire; it generates further desires. Therefore craving (tṛṣṇā) is inherently insatiable and repeatedly wounds the mind, implying the need for restraint and discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Viśvāmitra is delivering a moral instruction: he uses a vivid simile—craving as an arrow—to explain the psychological cycle in which satisfaction of one wish immediately gives rise to another.