Shloka 19

Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

नैमिषे काउ्चनाक्षी तु मुनीनां सत्रयाजिनाम्‌

Transliteration

naimiṣe kāñcanākṣī tu munīnāṃ satrayājinām

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In Naimiṣa, Kāñcanākṣī—present among the sages engaged in a sacrificial session (satra)—was there, setting the tale within the sanctified sphere of a long Vedic rite, where disciplined inquiry and remembrance of dharma are upheld.

Word by Word

• नैमिषे: in Naimiṣa (forest/sacred place)
• नैमिषे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैमिष (नैमिषम्)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• काचित्: some (a certain)
• काचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• चनाक्षी: Chanākṣī (a woman named Chanākṣī)
• चनाक्षी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चनाक्षी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सत्रयाजिनाम्: of (those) performing a satra-sacrifice
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्रयाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Naimiṣa (Naimiṣāraṇya)
• Kāñcanākṣī
• Munis (sages)
• Satra (sacrificial session)