Shloka 11

पञ्चमहाभूतगुण-इन्द्रियनिग्रह-उपदेशः | Teaching on the Qualities of the Five Elements and Sense-Control

Devanagari script

महर्षिविश्रुतस्तात उत्तड़क इति भारत । मरुधन्वसु रम्येषु आश्रमस्तस्य कौरव,भरतनन्दन! कुरुकुलरत्न! महर्षि उत्तड़कका नाम बहुत प्रसिद्ध है। तात! मरुके रमणीय प्रदेशमें उनका आश्रम है

Transliteration

mahārṣi-viśrutaḥ tāta uttaṅka iti bhārata | maru-dhanvasu ramyeṣu āśramas tasya kaurava bharata-nandana kuru-kula-ratna |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „Mein liebes Kind, o Bhārata—unter den großen ṛṣi gibt es einen weithin berühmten Weisen namens Uttaṅka. O Kaurava, Wonne der Bhāratas, Juwel des Kuru-Geschlechts—seine Einsiedelei liegt in den lieblichen Gegenden der Wüstenregion (Maru-dhanvan).“

Word by Word

महर्षिthe great sage

विश्रुतःwell-known, renowned

तातO dear one / O son

उत्तडकःUttadaka (proper name)

इतिthus, so (quotative)

भारतO Bharata

मरुधन्वसुin the desert tracts

रम्येषुin pleasant (places)

आश्रमःhermitage

तस्यof him / his

कौरवO Kaurava

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Uttaṅka

Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)

Maru-dhanvan (desert region)

Āśrama (hermitage)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes