Shloka 131

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

तथा हानेकैर्मुनिभिर्महान्त: क्रतव: कृता: । एवंविधे त्वगस्त्यस्य वर्तमाने तथाध्वरे | न ववर्ष सहस्राक्षस्तदा भरतसत्तम

Transliteration

tathā hānaikair munibhir mahāntaḥ kratavaḥ kṛtāḥ | evaṃvidhe tv agastyasya vartamāne tathādhvare | na vavarṣa sahasrākṣas tadā bharatasattama ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Assim também, muitos grandes sábios realizaram poderosos sacrifícios. Contudo, enquanto Agastya conduzia um sacrifício deste mesmo tipo, Indra, o de mil olhos, não fez chover naquele tempo, ó melhor dos Bhāratas.”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अनेकैः: by many
• अनेकैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महान्तः: great
• महान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रतवः: sacrifices, rites
• क्रतवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृताः: done, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एवंविधे: in such a (kind of)
• एवंविधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अगस्त्यस्य: of Agastya
• अगस्त्यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्तमाने: while (it/he) was going on / being present
• वर्तमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान), Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अध्वरे: in the sacrifice
• अध्वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ववर्ष: rained
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सहस्राक्षः: the thousand-eyed one (Indra)
• सहस्राक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्राक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Agastya
• Indra (Sahasrākṣa)
• Bharatas (as a lineage epithet: bharatasattama)