Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततः सौभद्रमासाद्य महर्षेस्तीर्थमुत्तमम्‌ । विगाहा सहसा शूर: स्नान॑ चक्रे परंतप:,तदनन्तर परंतप शूरवीर अर्जुन महर्षि सुभद्रके उत्तम सौभद्रतीर्थमें सहसा उतरकर स्नान करने लगे

Transliteration

tataḥ saubhadram āsādya maharṣes tīrtham uttamam | vigāhya sahasā śūraḥ snānaṃ cakre parantapaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then the hero Arjuna, scorcher of foes, reached the excellent sacred ford called Saubhadra, linked with a great seer. Without delay he plunged into the water and performed his ritual bath.

Word by Word

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

• सौभद्रम्: Saubhadra (name of a tīrtha/place)
• सौभद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु) → आसाद्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable

• महर्षेः: of the great sage
• महर्षेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तीर्थम्: ford; sacred bathing-place
• तीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular (agreeing with तीर्थम्)

• विगाह्य: having plunged/entered (into water)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + गाह् (धातु) → विगाह्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable

• सहसा: suddenly; quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• शूरः: the hero, the brave one
• शूरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रे: did; performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → चक्रे
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परंतपः: scorcher of foes (epithet)
• परंतपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Arjuna
• Saubhadra-tīrtha
• Maharṣi (unnamed great seer)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a powerful warrior is expected to observe purity and restraint through dharmic rites; approaching a tīrtha and performing snāna signifies inner discipline and readiness to act rightly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna arrives at the sacred place called Saubhadra-tīrtha, linked with a great seer, and immediately enters the water to perform a ritual bath.