Shloka 22

Devanagari script

त॑ संकल्पं विदित्वाग्नेर्ज्ञात्वा पुत्रांक्ष बालकान्‌ । सोभितुष्टाव विप्रर्षिब्राह्माणो जातवेदसम्‌

Transliteration

taṁ saṅkalpaṁ viditvāgner jñātvā putrāṁś ca bālakān | so 'bhituṣṭāva viprarṣir brāhmaṇo jātavedasam ||

Translation

毗湿摩耶那言：既洞悉阿耆尼之意，又认出那些孩童乃己之诸子，那婆罗门——祭司中之仙者——心生欢悦，遂赞颂阇多吠陀（阿耆尼）。

Word by Word

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संकल्पम्: intention, resolve
• संकल्पम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विदित्वा: having known
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ज्ञात्वा: having learned/understood
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• बालकान्: boys, children
• बालकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभितुष्टावत्: was well-pleased/satisfied
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-तुष्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विप्रर्षिब्राह्मणः: the brahmin (a vipra and rishi)
• विप्रर्षिब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रर्षिब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपातुष्टावत्: was pleased (towards), gratified
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-तुष्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Agni
• Jātavedas
• the brahmin (viprarṣi)
• sons/children (putrāḥ/bālakāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a higher purpose (saṅkalpa) becomes clear—especially one aimed at protection and rightful welfare—one should respond with gratitude and reverence rather than doubt. Recognizing beneficence and honoring it is presented as a dharmic reaction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker narrates that a brahmin-sage understands Agni’s intention and realizes the children are Agni’s sons; pleased, he praises Agni under the epithet Jātavedas.