Shloka 77

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

Devanagari script

समुद्र पश्चिमं गत्वा सरस्वत्यब्धिसड्रमम्‌ । आराधयतु देवेशं तत: कान्तिमवाप्स्यति,'पश्चिमी समुद्रके तटपर जहाँ सरस्वती और समुद्रका संगम हुआ है, वहाँ जाकर चन्द्रमा देवेश्वर महादेवजीकी आराधना करें तो पुनः वे अपनी कान्ति प्राप्त कर लेंगे!

Transliteration

samudra-paścimaṁ gatvā sarasvaty-abdhi-saṅgamam | ārādhayatu deveśaṁ tataḥ kāntim avāpsyati ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Let him go to the western ocean, to the confluence where the Sarasvatī meets the sea. If he worships the Lord of gods, Mahādeva, there, then he will regain his lost radiance.”

Word by Word

• समुद्रम्: the ocean
• समुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पश्चिमम्: western
• पश्चिमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), Non-finite

• सरस्वती-अब्धि-सङ्गमम्: the confluence of Sarasvatī and the ocean
• सरस्वती-अब्धि-सङ्गमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आराधयतु: let (him) worship / may (he) propitiate
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• देवेशम्: the Lord of gods
• देवेशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कान्तिम्: splendour, radiance
• कान्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्स्यति: will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप्
• Form: Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sarasvatī (river)
• Samudra/Abdhi (ocean)
• Sarasvatī–ocean confluence (Saṅgama)
• Deveśa (Śiva/Mahādeva)