Shloka 70

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

Devanagari script

एकनिश्चषयकार्याश्ष व्यचरन्त वनानि ते । आददाना: समुद्धृत्य मूलानि च फलानि च,उन सबके निश्चय और कार्य एक-से थे। वे फल-मूलका संग्रह करके उन्हें साथ लिये उस वनमें विचर रहे थे

Transliteration

ekanīścayakāryāś ca vyacaran vanāni te | ādadānāḥ samuddhṛtya mūlāni ca phalāni ca ||

Translation

Bhishma nói: Tất cả đều đồng một chí hướng và hành động như một. Họ lang thang trong rừng, nhổ đào rễ củ, hái lượm trái cây, mang theo những lương thực đạm bạc ấy bên mình.

Word by Word

• एक: same/one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निश्चय: resolve, determination
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कार्याः: actions, duties
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्यचरन्त: they wandered
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वनानि: forests
• वनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आददाना: taking, collecting
• आददाना: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समुद्धृत्य: having uprooted / having pulled out
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उद् + हृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund/Lyap)

• मूलानि: roots
• मूलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• भीष्म (Bhīṣma)
• वन (forest)
• मूल (roots)
• फल (fruits)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined simplicity and unity of purpose: living on roots and fruits gathered from the forest, with firm resolve and coordinated conduct—an ethical model of restraint and non-excess.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes a group moving through the forest together, sharing the same determination and practical routine, collecting uprooted roots and fruits as their sustenance while they wander.