Shloka 4

Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative

Devanagari script

तत्र देवा: सगन्धर्वा मासि मासि जनेश्वर

Transliteration

tatra devāḥ sagandharvā māsi māsi janeśvara

Translation

هناك، يا سيّد البشر، كانت الآلهة—مع الغندرفا—تأتي شهرًا بعد شهر، فتجعل ذلك الموضع مقصدًا يُزار مرارًا ويُقدَّس بحضورٍ سماويّ متكرر.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सगन्धर्वाः: together with the Gandharvas
• सगन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-गन्धर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• मासि: in (each) month
• मासि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• मासि: in (each) month
• मासि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• जनेश्वर: O lord of men
• जनेश्वर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन-ईश्वर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ (gods)
• Gandharvāḥ (Gandharvas)
• Janeśvara (lord of men/king, addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the sanctity of a place validated by repeated divine visitation, linking sacredness not only to location but also to cyclical, ritual time (month after month) and the recognition of higher order beyond human affairs.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a particular location as one that the gods and Gandharvas regularly visit every month, addressing the listener as 'janeśvara' (a king), thereby underscoring the site’s exceptional, heaven-acknowledged significance.