Shloka 29

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

Devanagari script

यत्र यः स्वपते विप्रो यो वा जागर्ति भारत । तत्र तत्र तु तस्यैव सर्व क्लृप्तमदृश्यत,भारत! जो ब्राह्मण जहाँ भी सोता या जागता था, वहाँ-वहाँ उसके लिये सारी आवश्यक वस्तुएँ सदा प्रस्तुत दिखायी देती थीं

Transliteration

yatra yaḥ svapate vipro yo vā jāgarti bhārata | tatra tatra tu tasyaiva sarvaṁ klṛptam adṛśyata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: O Bhārata, wherever that brāhmaṇa lay down to sleep, or wherever he remained awake, in that very place all things needful for him were seen already arranged and ready.

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

यःwho

स्वपतेsleeps

विप्रःthe brahmin

यःor who

वाor

जागर्तिis awake / keeps awake

भारतO Bharata

तत्रthere

तत्रthere (in each such place)

तुindeed / but

तस्यof him / for him

एवjust / indeed

सर्वम्everything

क्लृप्तम्arranged / provided / made ready

अदृश्यतwas seen / appeared

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (Janamejaya as addressee)

vipra (a brāhmaṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes