Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

सर्वेषामथ तेषां तु गण्डा भूत्‌ कर्मकारिका । शूद्र: पशुसखश्वैव भर्ता चास्या बभूव ह

Transliteration

sarveṣām atha teṣāṁ tu gaṇḍā bhūt karmakārikā | śūdraḥ paśusakhaś caiva bhartā cāsyā babhūva ha ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Pagkaraan, sa lahat ng mga taong iyon, si Gaṇḍā ay naging isang babaeng manggagawa, nabubuhay sa paglingkod sa gawaing-kamay. At isang Śūdra—na tagapag-alaga ng mga hayop—ang naging asawa rin niya.”

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• गण्डा: Gaṇḍā (a woman named Gaṇḍā)
• गण्डा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्डा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular

• कर्मकारिका: a female laborer/worker
• कर्मकारिका: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मकारिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शूद्रः: a Śūdra (man)
• शूद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पशुसखः: friend of animals/herdsman
• पशुसखः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु-सख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भर्ता: husband/lord
• भर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्याः: of her
• अस्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• बभूव: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Gaṇḍā
• Śūdra (husband)
• paśu (animals/cattle)