Shloka 68

इन्द्रवृत्रयुद्धवर्णनम्

Indra–Vṛtra Conflict and the Adversaries’ Tapas-Targeting Counsel

Devanagari script

गच्छ पुत्र नदीं पुण्यां वधूसरकृताह्वयाम्‌ । तत्रोपस्पृश्य तीर्थेषु पुनर्वपुरवाप्स्यसि,बेटा! अब तुम वधूसर नामक पुण्यमयी नदीके तटपर जाओ। वहाँ तीर्थोंमें स्नान करके पूर्ववत्‌ अपना तेजोमय शरीर पुनः प्राप्त कर लोगे

Transliteration

gaccha putra nadīṁ puṇyāṁ vadhūsarakṛtāhvayām | tatropaspṛśya tīrtheṣu punar vapur avāpsyasi ||

Translation

قال لوغاشا: «اذهب يا بُنيّ إلى النهر المقدّس المسمّى فَدْهوسَرا (Vadhūsara). فهناك، إذا اغتسلتَ اغتسال التطهير عند المَعابر المقدّسة (تيرثا)، استعدتَ جسدك المتلألئ كما كان من قبل.»

Word by Word

गच्छgo

पुत्रO son

नदीम्river (as object of going to)

पुण्याम्holy, sacred

वधूसरकृताह्वयाम्named ‘Vadhūsara-kṛta’ (having that appellation)

तत्रthere

उपस्पृश्यhaving bathed / having performed ablution

तीर्थेषुat the sacred fords/holy places

पुनःagain

वपुःbody, form

अवाप्स्यसिyou will obtain/attain

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Logaśa

putra (son, addressee)

Vadhūsara river

tīrtha (holy fords/bathing places)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purification through disciplined approach to a tīrtha—undertaking sacred bathing with intent—can symbolize and effect moral-spiritual renewal, restoring one’s former strength and clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Logaśa instructs his son to go to the holy river Vadhūsara and bathe at its tīrthas; by doing so, the son is promised recovery of his previous radiant bodily form.