Shloka 100

Devanagari script

पशुसख उवाच पशून्‌ रज्जामि दृष्टवाहं पशूनां च सदा सखा | गौणं पशुसखेत्येवं विद्धि मामग्निसम्भवे,पशुसखने कहा--आगसे पैदा हुई कृत्ये! मैं पशुओंको प्रसन्न रखता हूँ और उनका प्रिय सखा हूँ; इस गुणके अनुसार मेरा नाम पशुसख है

Transliteration

Paśusakha uvāca: paśūn rajjāmi dṛṣṭavāhaṃ paśūnāṃ ca sadā sakhā | gauṇaṃ paśusakhety evaṃ viddhi mām agnisambhave ||

Translation

పశుసఖుడు పలికాడు—అగ్నిజ కృత్యే! నేను పశువులను ఆనందింపజేస్తాను, ఎల్లప్పుడూ వారి స్నేహితుడను. ఈ గుణం వల్లనే నా పేరు ‘పశుసఖ’ అని తెలుసుకో.

Word by Word

पशुसखःthe friend of animals (Pashusakha)

उवाचsaid

पशून्animals

रञ्जामिI please / delight

दृष्टवाहम्one whose vehicle is seen / having a visible mount

पशूनाम्of animals

चand

सदाalways

सखाfriend

गौणम्secondary / figurative (as an epithet)

पशुसखO friend of animals

इतिthus

एवम्in this way

विद्धिknow (you) / understand

माम्me

अग्निसम्भवेO fire-born one

Speaker

पशुसख उवाच

Characters & Entities

Paśusakha

Kṛtyā (agnisambhavā, fire-born being)

animals (paśu)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical ideal: one’s identity and reputation should arise from benevolent conduct—here, kindness and companionship toward animals. The name ‘Paśusakha’ is presented as a gauṇa (attribute-based) epithet grounded in compassionate action.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker named Paśusakha addresses a fire-born being (Kṛtyā), explaining why he is called ‘Paśusakha’: he continually pleases and befriends animals, and his name is derived from this defining trait.