Shloka 3
अग्निशाप-प्रसंगः
Agni’s Curse and the Restoration of Ritual Order
Devanagari script
पृष्टो हि साक्षी यः साक्ष्यं जानानो5प्यन्यथा वदेत् । स पूर्वानात्मन: सप्त कुले हन्यात् तथा परान्,“जो साक्षी किसी बातको ठीक-ठीक जानते हुए भी पूछनेपर कुछ-का-कुछ कह देता --झूठ बोलता है, वह अपने कुलमें पहले और पीछेकी सात-सात पीढ़ियोंका नाश करता -5उन्हें नरकमें ढकेलता है
Translation
“凡为证者，明知实情，却在被问及时改口妄言、说出虚假之词；此人将使自家族中前七代与后七代同遭毁灭，并且连累他人，将其推入地狱。”
Word by Word
पृष्टःbeing asked
पृष्टः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपृच्छ्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
साक्षीwitness
साक्षी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसाक्षिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
साक्ष्यम्testimony/evidence
साक्ष्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसाक्ष्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
जानानःknowing
जानानः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञा
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)
अपिeven/although
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अन्यथाotherwise/contrarily
अन्यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा
वदेत्should say/would say
वदेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवद्
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), Present-system (optative sense), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पूर्वान्the earlier ones/ancestors
पूर्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
आत्मनःof himself/one's own
आत्मनः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
सप्तseven
सप्त:
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्त
कुलेin the family/lineage
कुले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकुल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
हन्यात्would destroy/should kill
हन्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), Present-system (optative sense), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
परान्the later ones/descendants
परान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
Speaker
शौनक उवाच
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes