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

Dort, o Herr der Menschen, kamen die Götter—zusammen mit den Gandharvas—Monat um Monat, und machten den Ort zu einer Stätte, die immer wieder aufgesucht und durch himmlische Gegenwart geheiligt wurde.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

देवाःthe gods

सगन्धर्वाःtogether with the Gandharvas

मासिin (each) month

जनेश्वरO lord of men

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Devāḥ (gods)

Gandharvāḥ (Gandharvas)

Janeśvara (lord of men/king, addressee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.