Shloka 34

अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः

Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine

Devanagari script

अनपत्यो5भवत्‌ प्राणो दुर्धर्ष: शत्रुतापन: । पृथक्‌ कर्माणि तेषां ते प्रवक्ष्यामि यथातथम्‌

Transliteration

anapatyo 'bhavat prāṇo durdharṣaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ | pṛthak karmāṇi teṣāṃ te pravakṣyāmi yathātatham ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“普罗那（Prāṇa）无有子嗣；他不可攻破，能使仇敌受苦。它们各自的作为彼此不同——我将如实为你分别宣说。”

Word by Word

• अनपत्यः: childless
• अनपत्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनपत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्राणः: Prāṇa (name); life-breath
• प्राणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्धर्षः: hard to assail; invincible
• दुर्धर्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्धर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत्रुतापनः: scorcher/tormentor of enemies
• शत्रुतापनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रुतापन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथक्: separately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• कर्माणि: deeds; actions
• कर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall tell; I will explain
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as; in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• तथम्: so; accordingly; just so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Prāṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights truthful, precise narration of conduct (karmāṇi) and implies that individuals—even within the same lineage or group—are to be assessed by their distinct actions rather than by association alone.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma introduces a figure named Prāṇa, describing him as childless yet formidable, and announces that he will now recount, one by one, the separate deeds of the persons under discussion in an accurate manner.