Shloka 29

सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा

Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

भ्रातृभ्यां पशुलुब्धाभ्यामुत्सृष्टः स महातपा: । उदपाने तदा राजन्‌ निर्जले पांसुसंवृते,राजन! पशुओंके लोभमें आकर उन दोनों भाइयोंने उस समय उन महातपस्वी त्रितको धूलिसे भरे हुए उस निर्जल कूपमें ही छोड़ दिया

Transliteration

bhrātṛbhyāṃ paśulubdhābhyām utsṛṣṭaḥ sa mahātapāḥ | udapāne tadā rājan nirjale pāṃsu-saṃvṛte ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Driven by greed for cattle, his two brothers abandoned that great ascetic and left him there, O King—in a well that had no water, choked and covered with dust.

Word by Word

• भ्रातृभ्याम्: by (the two) brothers
• भ्रातृभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• पशु-लुब्धाभ्याम्: by the two who were greedy for cattle/animals
• पशु-लुब्धाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पशुलुब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• उत्सृष्टः: abandoned/left (behind)
• उत्सृष्टः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सृज्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातपाः: the great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदपाने: in a well
• उदपाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदपान
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

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

• निर्जले: waterless
• निर्जले: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्जल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पांसु-संवृते: covered/filled with dust
• पांसु-संवृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पांसुसंवृत
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rājan (Janamejaya)
• Trita (the ascetic implied by context)
• two brothers of Trita
• udapāna (well)