Shloka 5

Ṛśyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-praveśaḥ — Lomāśa narrates the origins of Ṛśyaśṛṅga and the Anga drought (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

सायं प्रातश्च भगवान्‌ दृश्यते हव्यवाहन: । मक्षिकाश्नादशंस्तत्र तपस: प्रतिघातिका:

Transliteration

sāyaṁ prātaś ca bhagavān dṛśyate havyavāhanaḥ | makṣikāśnād aśaṁs tatra tapasaḥ pratighātikāḥ ||

Translation

సాయంకాలమునూ ప్రాతఃకాలమునూ అక్కడ భగవాన్ హవ్యవాహనుడు (అగ్నిదేవుడు) దర్శనమిచ్చెను. అయితే ఆ స్థలమందు తపస్సుకు ప్రతిఘాతకరమైన, ఈగలవలె కుట్టి భక్షించే విఘ్నబాధలూ ఉండెను.

Word by Word

सायम्in the evening

प्रातःin the morning

चand

भगवान्the venerable one

दृश्यतेis seen/appears

हव्यवाहनःAgni (carrier of oblations)

मक्षिकाःflies

अश्नाद्ate

अशंसत्praised/recited

तत्रthere

तपसःof austerity/penance

प्रतिघातिकाःobstructive, causing hindrance

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Agni (Havyavāhana)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even sincere austerity (tapas) can be undermined by small but persistent distractions and afflictions; vigilance and steadiness are required so that practice is not ‘struck down’ by impediments.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports that Agni (Havyavāhana) is seen at dawn and dusk, and that he issues a warning about obstructive forces—likened to devouring flies—that hinder ascetic effort in that locale.