Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

तस्य पक्षाग्रविक्षेपै: क्लमं व्यपनयत्‌ खगः । पूजां चाप्यकरोद्‌ धीमान्‌ भोजनं चाप्यकल्पयत्‌

Transliteration

tasya pakṣāgravikṣepaiḥ klamaṁ vyapanayat khagaḥ | pūjāṁ cāpyakarod dhīmān bhojanaṁ cāpyakalpayat ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：那鸟以翼尖为他扇风，送来清凉之气，驱散了他的疲惫。随后，这智慧的生灵以应有的敬礼礼敬他，并为他备办了食物。

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पक्षाग्रविक्षेपैः: by the flappings/movements of the tips of (his) wings
• पक्षाग्रविक्षेपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष-अग्र-विक्षेप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• क्लमम्: fatigue, weariness
• क्लमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यपनयत्: removed, dispelled
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-नी (नीञ्)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• खगः: the bird
• खगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: खग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूजाम्: honour, worship
• पूजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अकरोत्: did, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धीमान्: wise, intelligent
• धीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भोजनम्: food, meal
• भोजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अकल्पयत्: arranged, provided
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (कल्पयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• khaga (a bird)
• pakṣa (wings)
• bhojana (food)
• pūjā (honor/reception)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a non-human being exemplifies dharma through compassionate service: relieving another’s fatigue, offering respectful reception (pūjā), and providing food. The verse highlights hospitality and care for the vulnerable as practical, lived ethics.

What is happening in the narrative?

A wise bird fans someone with its wing-tips to remove his exhaustion, then honors him and arranges a meal—depicting an act of attentive caregiving and guest-like reception within Bhishma’s discourse.