Shloka 37

रामस्य पम्पातीरगमनम्, सुग्रीवसख्यं, वालिवधः, सीतारक्षणवृत्तान्तश्च

Rāma at Pampā; alliance with Sugrīva; Vālin’s fall; Sītā’s guarded captivity

Devanagari script

सहदेवो देवनद्यामपश्यन्‌ मुनिसत्तमान्‌ | तीर्थेष्वितस्ततस्तस्या विचचार गवेषयन्‌,सहदेवने जब देवनदीमें उन श्रेष्ठ मुनियोंको नहीं देखा, तब वे वहाँके तीर्थोंमें इधर-उधर खोजते हुए विचरने लगे

Transliteration

sahadevo devanadyām apaśyan munisattamān | tīrtheṣv itas tatastasyā vicacāra gaveṣayan ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: When Sahadeva did not see those foremost sages on the river called Devanadī, he began to wander about, searching here and there among its sacred fords (tīrthas), with diligence and reverence in hopes of finding them.

Word by Word

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवनद्याम्: in the Devānadī (river)
• देवनद्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवनदी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अपश्यत्: did not see / saw not
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मुनिसत्तमान्: the best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनिसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तीर्थेषु: at the sacred fords/holy places
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• इतस्: from here / on this side
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस्

• ततस्: from there / on that side
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्

• तस्याः: of that (river)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• विचचार: wandered about
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चर्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गवेषयन्: seeking / searching
• Type: Verb
• Root: गवेषय्
• Form: Śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sahadeva
• Devanadī (river)
• munisattamāḥ (foremost sages)
• tīrtha (sacred fords/holy places)