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Shloka 4

ऋश्यशृङ्गानयनकथा — The Account of Bringing Ṛśyaśṛṅga

and the Remedy for Drought

स वने नित्यसंवृद्धो मुनिर्वनचरस्सदा ।नान्यं जानाति विप्रेन्द्रो नित्यं पित्रनुवर्तनात् ।।।।

sa vane nityasaṃvṛddho munir vanacaraḥ sadā |

nānyaṃ jānāti viprendro nityaṃ pitranuvartanāt ||

他自幼长养于林野,常住山林,作为行于林间的牟尼;这位婆罗门中的翘楚因恒常随侍其父,除父之外不识他人。

saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vanein the forest
vane:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
nitya-saṃvṛddhaḥalways brought up (there)
nitya-saṃvṛddhaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃvṛddha (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
FormCompound (समास) karmadhāraya; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
muniḥthe sage
muniḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vana-caraḥforest-dwelling
vana-caraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvana (प्रातिपदिक) + cara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormCompound (समास) tatpuruṣa (locative sense: ‘moving in the forest’); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
sadāalways
sadā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb ‘always’
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), negation particle (निषेध-निपात)
anyamanother/anyone else
anyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
jānātiknows
jānāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्, Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
vipra-indraḥforemost among brahmins
vipra-indraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormCompound (समास) tatpuruṣa (‘chief among brahmins’); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nityamalways
nityam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb ‘always’
pitṛ-anuvartanātbecause of following his father
pitṛ-anuvartanāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + anuvartana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormCompound (समास) ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (‘following of father’); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

"O king, the divine Sanatkumara had narrated a story about your posterity in the presence of sages.

Ṛśyaśṛṅga
V
Vibhaṇḍaka
F
forest (vana)

FAQs

Filial duty and disciplined upbringing: steadfast service to one’s parent/teacher is presented as a foundation for brahmacarya and moral formation.

The narration describes Ṛśyaśṛṅga’s isolated forest life—he has no social exposure beyond his father.

Obedience and single-pointed discipline (niyama), arising from constant attendance upon his father.