Shloka 98

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

इदं सत्यं द्विजातीनां साधूनामात्मजस्य च । सुहृदां च जपेत्‌ कर्णे शिष्यस्यानुगतस्य च,इस सत्य सिद्धान्तको ब्राह्मण आदि द्विजों, साधु पुरुषों, पुत्र, सुहृदों, शिष्यवर्ग तथा अपने अनुगत मनुष्योंके कानमें कहना चाहिये

Transliteration

idaṃ satyaṃ dvijātīnāṃ sādhūnām ātmajasya ca | suhṛdāṃ ca japet karṇe śiṣyasyānugatasya ca ||

Translation

Pulastya sprach: „Diese Wahrheit soll man sanft weitergeben — gleichsam ins Ohr geflüstert — den Zweimalgeborenen, den Tugendhaften, dem eigenen Sohn, vertrauten Freunden und einem ergebenen, gehorsamen Schüler.“

Word by Word

idamthis

satyamtruth

dvijātīnāmof the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)

sādhūnāmof the virtuous/good people

ātmajasyaof (one's) son

caand

suhṛdāmof friends/well-wishers

caand

japetshould utter/recite (softly)

karṇein the ear

śiṣyasyaof a disciple

anugatasyaof one who follows/attends (faithfully)

caand

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

dvijāti (twice-born classes)

sādhu (virtuous persons)

ātmaja (son)

suhṛt (friend/well-wisher)

śiṣya (disciple)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes