Shloka 113
अग्निशाप-प्रसंगः
Agni’s Curse and the Restoration of Ritual Order
Devanagari script
सर्वभक्ष: कथं त्वेषां भविष्यामि मुखं त्वहम् “अमावास्याको पितरोंके लिये और पूर्णिमाको देवताओंके लिये मेरे मुखसे ही आहुति दी जाती है और उस आहुतिके रूपमें प्राप्त हुए हविष्यका वे देवता और पितर उपभोग करते हैं, सर्वभक्षी होनेपर मैं इन सबका मुँह कैसे हो सकता हूँ?”
Translation
«Se eu tiver de tornar-me devorador de tudo, como poderei ser a “boca” deles? No dia de amāvāsyā oferecem-se oblações aos Pitṛ (antepassados), e no dia de pūrṇimā aos deuses—e é pela minha própria boca que essas oferendas são lançadas; deuses e Pitṛ desfrutam do havis recebido na forma de oblação. Se sou devorador de tudo, como poderei ser a boca de todos eles?»
Word by Word
सर्वभक्षःone who eats everything; all-devouring
सर्वभक्षः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वभक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कथम्how?
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
तुbut; indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
एषाम्of these (beings)
एषाम्:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
भविष्यामिI shall become
भविष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
मुखम्mouth; face (as the receiving mouth)
मुखम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमुख
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तुbut; indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
शौनक उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes