Shloka 30

Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage

Devanagari script

तस्य पक्षाग्रविक्षेपै: क्लमं व्यपनयत्‌ खगः । पूजां चाप्यकरोद्‌ धीमान्‌ भोजनं चाप्यकल्पयत्‌

Transliteration

tasya pakṣāgravikṣepaiḥ klamaṁ vyapanayat khagaḥ | pūjāṁ cāpyakarod dhīmān bhojanaṁ cāpyakalpayat ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Dùng đầu cánh quạt gió, con chim xua tan mệt nhọc của ông bằng làn gió mát. Rồi sinh linh trí tuệ ấy kính lễ ông theo đúng phép và cũng sắp đặt thức ăn cho ông.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पक्षाग्रविक्षेपैः: by the flappings/movements of the tips of (his) wings
• पक्षाग्रविक्षेपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष-अग्र-विक्षेप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• क्लमम्: fatigue, weariness
• क्लमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यपनयत्: removed, dispelled
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-नी (नीञ्)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• खगः: the bird
• खगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: खग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूजाम्: honour, worship
• पूजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अकरोत्: did, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धीमान्: wise, intelligent
• धीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भोजनम्: food, meal
• भोजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अकल्पयत्: arranged, provided
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (कल्पयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• khaga (a bird)
• pakṣa (wings)
• bhojana (food)
• pūjā (honor/reception)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a non-human being exemplifies dharma through compassionate service: relieving another’s fatigue, offering respectful reception (pūjā), and providing food. The verse highlights hospitality and care for the vulnerable as practical, lived ethics.

What is happening in the narrative?

A wise bird fans someone with its wing-tips to remove his exhaustion, then honors him and arranges a meal—depicting an act of attentive caregiving and guest-like reception within Bhishma’s discourse.