Shloka 29

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

Devanagari script

कुलंभराननडुह: शतं शतान्‌ धुर्यान्‌ श्वेतान्‌ सर्वशो5हं ददामि । प्रष्ाहीनां पीवराणां च ताव- दग्रया गृष्ट्यो धेनव: सुव्रताश्ष

Transliteration

Bhīṣma uvāca: kulaṁbharān anaḍuhaḥ śataṁ śatān dhuryān śvetān sarvaśo ’haṁ dadāmi | praṣṭhāhīnān pīvarāṇāṁ ca tāvad agryā gṛṣṭyo dhenavaḥ suvratāḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“我将以各种方式施与：成百上百头白色健壮的役牛——足以承担一家之重负。并且同样施与上等乳牛：年少体丰，初次产犊，性情端良、守持善行——乳汁丰盈之牛。”

Word by Word

• कुलंभरान्: bearing a family’s burden
• कुलंभरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुलंभर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनडुहः: bulls/oxen
• अनडुहः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनडुह्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शतान्: hundreds (i.e., many hundreds)
• शतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• धुर्यान्: fit for the yoke / load-bearing
• धुर्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धुर्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• श्वेतान्: white
• श्वेतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वशः: in every way / altogether
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशस्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• ददामि: I give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रष्ठहीनानाम्: of those without a hump (i.e., well-formed-backed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रष्ठहीन
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पीवराणाम्: of fat/plump (ones)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीवर
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

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

• तावत्: so many / that much
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत्

• अग्र्याः: excellent / best
• अग्र्याः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्र्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• गृष्ट्यः: first-calved cows / young cows
• गृष्ट्यः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• धेनवः: milch-cows
• धेनवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सुव्रताः: of good disposition/observance
• सुव्रताः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुव्रत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• white draught-bulls (anaḍuhaḥ)
• milch-cows (dhenavaḥ)