Shloka 5

Nahūṣa’s Fall Explained: Agastya’s Account to Indra (Śalya-narrated)

Devanagari script

शल्य उवाच पूजितं चोपविष्टं तमासने मुनिसत्तमम्‌ | पर्यपृच्छत देवेश: प्रहृष्टो ब्राह्मणर्षभम्‌

Transliteration

śalya uvāca pūjitaṃ copaviṣṭaṃ tam āsane munisattamam | paryapṛcchata deveśaḥ prahṛṣṭo brāhmaṇarṣabham |

Translation

Шалья сказал: Воздав должные почести тому наилучшему из мудрецов и усадив его на подобающее сиденье, владыка—в радостном воодушевлении—обратился с вопросом к «быку среди брахманов», то есть к первейшему из них.

Word by Word

• शल्यः: Shalya
• शल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• पूजितम्: honoured
• पूजितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• उपविष्टम्: seated
• उपविष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपविष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसने: on the seat
• आसने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मुनिसत्तमम्: the best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनिसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पर्यपृच्छत्: asked (inquired)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

• देवेशः: the lord of gods
• देवेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रहृष्टः: delighted
• प्रहृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणर्षभम्: the bull among Brahmins (best Brahmin)
• ब्राह्मणर्षभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• deveśa (honorific lord/ruler)
• munisattama (foremost sage)
• brāhmaṇarṣabha (eminent Brahmin/sage)
• āsana (seat)