Shloka 48

सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा

Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

तथेति चोकक्‍्त्वा विबुधा जग्मू राजन्‌ यथागता:

Transliteration

tatheti coktvā vibudhā jagmur rājan yathāgatāḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “So be it,” they replied; and those celestial beings, O king, departed, returning the same way they had come—having assented and withdrawn without further contention, in keeping with the decorum of the divine.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: so/thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral for ktvā)

• विबुधाः: the wise/learned ones
• विबुधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• आगताः: having come / who had come
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the king, i.e., Janamejaya)
• vibudhāḥ (celestial beings/devas)