Shloka 92

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

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वनें श्राद्धकल्पविषयक बानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

viśvāmitra uvāca—viśve devāś ca me mitrā mitram asmi gavāṃ tathā | viśvāmitram iti khyātaṃ yātudhāni nibodha mām ||

Translation

விச்வாமித்ரர் கூறினார்— விச்வேதேவர்கள் எனது நண்பர்கள்; நானும் பசுக்களின் நண்பன். நான் முழு உலகிற்கும் நண்பன்; ஆகையால் உலகில் ‘விச்வாமித்ரன்’ என்ற பெயரால் புகழ்பெற்றவன். ஓ யாதுதானி, கவனமாகக் கேள்; என்னை நன்கு அறிந்து கொள்.

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• विश्वे: all (the) / the Viśvedevas (as a group)
• विश्वे: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मे: my/of me
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मित्राः: friends
• मित्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मित्रम्: friend
• मित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular

• गवाम्: of cows
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• विश्वामित्रम्: Viśvāmitra (name)
• विश्वामित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus/so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• ख्यातम्: is known/famed
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) / ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यातुधानि: O Yātudhānī (female demon/ogress)
• यातुधानि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• निबोध: understand/know (listen and grasp)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु) उपसर्ग: नि-
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Vishvamitra
• Vishvedevas
• cows (go)
• Yatudhani

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds maitri (benevolent friendship) as a dharmic identity: Viśvāmitra defines himself by universal goodwill—toward gods, cows (symbols of sustenance and non-violence), and the world—implying that ethical stature is grounded in protective, inclusive friendship rather than hostility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Bhīṣma’s discourse in the Anuśāsana Parva, a cited passage presents Viśvāmitra addressing a being called Yātudhānī, instructing her to listen and declaring why he is known as ‘Viśvāmitra’—because he is a friend to the Viśvedevas, to cows, and to all beings.