Shloka 24

Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances

Devanagari script

देशे देशे तु देयानि दानानि विविधानि च । अचयि चार्थिनां राजन्‌ क्लृप्तानि बहुशस्तथा

Transliteration

deśe deśe tu deyāni dānāni vividhāni ca | acayi cārthināṃ rājan klṛptāni bahuśas tathā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, in various regions, many kinds of gifts were to be given; and for the sake of those who sought help, provisions were repeatedly arranged and accumulated in due order.”

Word by Word

• देशे: in a place/region
• देशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• देशे: in (another) place/region
• देशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• देयानि: to be given, should be given
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• दानानि: gifts, donations
• दानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• विविधानि: various, diverse
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अचयि: he accumulated/collected
• Type: Verb
• Root: चि
• Form: Aorist (simple aorist), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अर्थिनाम्: of the supplicants/beggars
• अर्थिनाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्लृप्तानि: arranged, prepared
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्लृप्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• बहुशः: many times, repeatedly, in abundance
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशः

• तथा: thus, so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the King addressed)