Shloka 16

Kubera’s Arrival and the Disclosure of Agastya’s Curse

Vaiśaṃpāyana–Janamejaya Narrative

Devanagari script

तिर्यग्योनिगताश्ैव अपि कीटपिपीलिका: । मनुष्यानुपजीवन्ति ततस्त्वमपि जीवसि

Transliteration

tiryagyoni-gatāś caiva api kīṭa-pipīlikāḥ | manuṣyān upajīvanti tatas tvam api jīvasi ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：“即便投生于下等胎类的生灵——虫与蚁——也能依凭人类而得以存活；因此你也才能活着。”

Word by Word

• तिर्यग्योनिगताः: gone to (born in) animal wombs
• तिर्यग्योनिगताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यग्योनि-गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• कीटपिपीलिकाः: worms and ants
• कीटपिपीलिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीटपिपीलिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• मनुष्यान्: human beings
• मनुष्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उपजीवन्ति: live by/depend on
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-जीव्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ततः: therefore/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• जीवसि: you live
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• humans (manuṣyāḥ)
• worms/insects (kīṭāḥ)
• ants (pipīlikāḥ)