Shloka 49.8Unverified draft
अग्नेस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा पितृदेवास्समागता:। उत्पाट्य मेषवृषणौ सहस्राक्षे न्यवेशयन्।।1.49.8।।
Meaning
Hearing Agni's words, the ancestral deities gathered, extracted the ram's testicles, and grafted them onto the thousand-eyed Indra.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| agneḥ tu vacanam śrutvā | अग्नेः तु वचनम् श्रुत्वा | but having heard Agni's word | Genitive / Adverbial / Accusative / Gerund |
| pitṇ-devāḥ samāgatāḥ | पित्ण्-देवाः समागताः | the ancestor-gods, having assembled | Nominative plural (x2) |
| utpāṭya meṣa-vṛṣaṇau | उत्पाट्य मेष-वृषणौ | having torn out the ram's two testicles | Gerund / Accusative dual |
| sahasra-akṣe nyaveśayan | सहस्र-अक्षे न्यवेशयन् | installed them upon the thousand-eyed one | Locative / Verb (causative imperfect) |
Reference: 1.49.8 · Bāla Kāṇḍa