Shloka 16

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

Devanagari script

तेषां लोका हा[पर्यन्ता: सदने ब्रह्मण: स्मृता: । उपस्थिता हृप्सरसो गन्धर्वैश्व जनाधिप

Transliteration

teṣāṃ lokā hā[paryantāḥ sadane brahmaṇaḥ smṛtāḥ | upasthitā hṛpsaraso gandharvaiś ca janādhipa

Translation

भीष्म उवाच—तेषां लोकाः ब्रह्मणः सदनपर्यन्ताः स्मृताः। तत्र, जनाधिप, अप्सरस उपस्थिता आसन्, गन्धर्वाश्चैव समागताः॥

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• अपर्यन्ताः: endless/boundless
• अपर्यन्ताः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-पर्यन्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सदने: in the abode
• सदने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā / of Brahman
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• स्मृताः: are said/are remembered (as)
• स्मृताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (क्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, passive (past participle)

• उपस्थिताः: having arrived / present
• उपस्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था (क्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, active sense (past participle)

• अप्सरसः: Apsarases (celestial nymphs)
• अप्सरसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• गन्धर्वैः: with/by the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वैः: Sahakari/Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

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

• जनाधिप: O lord of people (O king)
• जनाधिप: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahmā
• Apsarases
• Gandharvas
• janādhipa (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)