अगस्तिरुवाच । इत्युक्त्वा तात विप्रोऽसौ कारुण्यो मौनमागतः । तथाविधं सुतं दृष्ट्वा पुनः प्राह गुरुः सुतम् ॥ १७ ॥
agastiruvāca | ityuktvā tāta viprō’sau kāruṇyō maunamāgataḥ | tathāvidhaṁ sutaṁ dṛṣṭvā punaḥ prāha guruḥ sutam || 17 ||
Translation
Agastya said: Having said this, my dear, the brahmin Kāruṇya fell silent. Seeing his son in that state, the father spoke to him again.
Word by word
- agastiḥ
- Agastya
- uvāca
- said
- iti
- thus
- uktvā
- having said
- tāta
- my dear
- vipraḥ
- the brahmin
- asau
- that
- kāruṇyaḥ
- Kāruṇya
- maunam
- silence
- āgataḥ
- fell into
- tathāvidhaṁ
- in that state
- sutaṁ
- his son
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- punaḥ
- again
- prāha
- spoke
- guruḥ
- the father
- sutam
- to his son
Meaning
Agastya, telling the story to Sutīkṣṇa, calls him "dear one" (tāta). The father does not set scripture against scripture; he answers with a story.