Shloka 22

Lokapāla-samāgamaḥ—Arjuna Receives Astras from the World-Guardians

Book 3, Chapter 42

Devanagari script

साधूनां पुण्यशीलानां मुनीनां पुण्यकर्मणाम्‌ । त्वं सदा संश्रय: शैल स्वर्गमार्गाभिकाड्क्षिणाम्‌,“गिरिराज! तुम साधु-महात्माओं, पुण्यात्मा मुनियों तथा स्वर्गमार्गकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले पुण्यकर्मा मनुष्योंके सदा शुभ आश्रय हो

Transliteration

sādhūnāṃ puṇyaśīlānāṃ munīnāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām | tvaṃ sadā saṃśrayaḥ śaila svargamārgābhikāṅkṣiṇām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O mountain, you are ever a благотворный refuge for the virtuous and holy—those sages of pure conduct and those whose deeds are meritorious—especially for people who long to tread the path that leads to heaven.”

Word by Word

• साधूनाम्: of the virtuous (good people)
• साधूनाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पुण्यशीलानाम्: of those of holy conduct
• पुण्यशीलानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यशील
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• पुण्यकर्मणाम्: of those whose deeds are meritorious
• पुण्यकर्मणाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• संश्रयः: refuge; shelter; support
• संश्रयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संश्रय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शैल: O mountain
• शैल: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्वर्गमार्गाभिकाङ्क्षिणाम्: of those desiring the path to heaven
• स्वर्गमार्गाभिकाङ्क्षिणाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्गमार्गाभिकाङ्क्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śaila (the mountain; addressed as a refuge)
• Munis (sages)