Shloka 7

बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya

Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī

Devanagari script

वासश्न ते सदा देव सागरे मकरालये

Transliteration

vāsaśna te sadā deva sāgare makarālaye

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O divine one, you ever dwell in the ocean—the abode of makaras.”

Word by Word

• वासश्न: dweller, resident
• वासश्न: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• देव: O god / O lord
• देव: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सागरे: in the ocean
• सागरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मकरालये: in the abode of makaras (sea-creatures)
• मकरालये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मकरालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Deva (unspecified deity)
• Sāgara (the ocean/sea)
• Makara