Shloka 26

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

Devanagari script

अद्यैक॑ दिवसं विप्रा न वो5स्तीह भयं क्वचित्‌ | राक्षसे भ्य: प्रमोदध्वमिष्टतो यात माचिरम्‌

Transliteration

adyaikaṁ divasaṁ viprā na vo ’stīha bhayaṁ kvacit | rākṣasebhyaḥ pramodadhvam iṣṭato yāta mā ciram, rājan |

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“婆罗门诸位，今日——仅此一日——在此处你们无论身在何处，都不必惧怕罗刹。故当欢喜，速往你们所愿之地。勿再迟延，国王啊。”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दिवसम्: day
• दिवसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विप्राः: O brahmins
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Plural

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• भयम्: fear
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्वचित्: anywhere
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित्

• राक्षसेभ्यः: from the rakshasas
• राक्षसेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• प्रमोदध्वम्: rejoice
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-मुद्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural

• इष्टतः: as you wish / according to desire
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इष्ट

• यात: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• चिरम्: for long / long (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• brahmins (viprāḥ)
• rākṣasas
• king (rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Granting fearlessness (abhaya) and safe passage is a practical expression of dharma: even a powerful group must restrain harm and protect the vulnerable, at least by ensuring security and freedom to depart.

What is happening in the narrative?

A proclamation is made to the brahmins that for one day they will be free from danger from the rākṣasas; they are urged to rejoice and promptly leave for their desired destination without delay.