Shloka 11

अज्ञान–लोभयोः परस्परहेतुत्वम्

Mutual Causality of Ignorance and Greed

Devanagari script

पुण्यमाहु: कुरुक्षेत्रं कुरुक्षेत्रात्‌ सरस्वतीम्‌ । सरस्वत्याश्ष तीर्थानि तीर्थभ्यश्व पृथूदकम्‌,कुरक्षेत्रको पवित्र तीर्थ बताया गया। कुरुक्षेत्रसे अधिक पवित्र सरस्वती नदी है, उससे भी अधिक पवित्र उसके भिन्न-भिन्न तीर्थ हैं। उन तीर्थोंमें भी दूसरोंकी अपेक्षा पृथूदक तीर्थको श्रेष्ठ कहा गया है

Transliteration

puṇyam āhuḥ kurukṣetraṁ kurukṣetrāt sarasvatīm | sarasvatyāś ca tīrthāni tīrthebhyaś ca pṛthūdakam ||

Translation

Śaunaka said: “They declare Kurukṣetra to be holy; holier than Kurukṣetra is the river Sarasvatī; holier still are the many sacred fords (tīrthas) upon Sarasvatī; and among those tīrthas, Pṛthūdaka is praised as the most excellent.”

Word by Word

• {'puṇya': 'merit

• auspicious spiritual efficacy', 'āhuḥ': 'they say

• they declare (authoritative tradition)', 'kurukṣetram': 'Kurukṣetra (the Kuru field

• famed sacred region)', 'kurukṣetrāt': 'than Kurukṣetra (ablative of comparison)', 'sarasvatīm': 'Sarasvatī (river Sarasvatī)', 'sarasvatyāḥ': 'of Sarasvatī', 'ca': 'and', 'tīrthāni': 'sacred fords

• places of crossing/transition', 'tīrthebhyaḥ': 'than the tīrthas (ablative of comparison)', 'pṛthūdakam': 'Pṛthūdaka (a specific tīrtha

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• Kurukṣetra
• Sarasvatī
• Tīrthas (on Sarasvatī)
• Pṛthūdaka