Shloka 16

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

ततो महेन्द्रमासाद्य जामदग्न्यनिषेवितम्‌

Transliteration

tato mahendram āsādya jāmadagnyaniṣevitam

Translation

Dann, nachdem man Mahendra erreicht hat—einen Ort, den der Nachkomme Jamadagnis (Paraśurāma) häufig aufsuchte und heiligte.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• महेन्द्रम्: Mahendra (Indra / the great Indra; also a mountain-name in some contexts)
• महेन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached, having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√सद्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable; sense: having reached/approached

• जामदग्न्य: by Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• जामदग्न्य: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निषेवितम्: frequented, inhabited, resorted to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि√सेव्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular (past passive participle; agreeing with महेन्द्रम् understood as a place/object reached)

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Mahendra (mountain)
• Paraśurāma (Rāma Jāmadagnya)
• Jamadagni

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how places gain ethical and spiritual significance through association with exemplary figures: a landscape ‘frequented’ by a disciplined, tapas-endowed hero-sage becomes a reminder that power should be governed by restraint and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya continues describing a sequence of destinations, stating that the travelers next reach Mahendra, a sacred locale known for being visited and inhabited by Paraśurāma (Rāma Jāmadagnya).