Shloka 28

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

Devanagari script

कृच्छात्‌ समुद्धरन्‌ भार न्यग्रोधं समुपागमत्‌ । न्यषीदच्च परिश्रान्तः क्लान्तश्न क्षुधितश्न॒ सः

Transliteration

kṛcchāt samuddharan bhāraṃ nyagrodhaṃ samupāgamat | nyaṣīdac ca pariśrāntaḥ klāntaś ca kṣudhitaś ca saḥ ||

Translation

他艰难地扛着重负，终于来到榕树下。到达后，他坐倒在地，疲惫至极——困乏不堪，又为饥饿所折磨。

Word by Word

• कृच्छात्: with difficulty
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृच्छ
• Form: Ablative (used adverbially)

• समुद्धरन्: lifting up / carrying up
• समुद्धरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-हृ
• Form: Present active participle, nominative singular masculine

• भारम्: a load, burden
• भारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार
• Form: Masculine, accusative singular

• न्यग्रोधम्: banyan tree
• न्यग्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यग्रोध
• Form: Masculine, accusative singular

• समुपागमत्: went to, approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-गम्
• Form: Imperfect (laṅ), 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

• न्यषीदत्: sat down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-षद्
• Form: Imperfect (laṅ), 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Conjunction

• परिश्रान्तः: utterly tired
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-श्रान्त
• Form: Nominative singular masculine

• क्लान्तः: weary
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्लान्त
• Form: Nominative singular masculine

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Conjunction

• क्षुधितः: hungry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुधित
• Form: Nominative singular masculine

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Conjunction

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nyagrodha (banyan tree)
• Bhāra (heavy load)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights endurance under hardship: even when one is engaged in a serious, duty-bound effort, physical exhaustion and hunger arise, and the ethical test is to remain steady and disciplined rather than abandoning one’s resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

A man carrying a heavy burden with great difficulty reaches a banyan tree and, overwhelmed by fatigue and hunger, sits down to rest.