Shloka 150

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

मधुस््रवं च तत्रैव तीर्थ भरतसत्तम । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्‌ गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌,भरतश्रेष्ठ! वहीं मधुस्रव तीर्थ है। राजन! उसमें स्नान करनेसे मनुष्यको सहस्र गोदानका फल मिलता है

Transliteration

madhusravaṃ ca tatraiva tīrtha bharatasattama | tatra snātvā naro rājan gosahasraphalaṃ labhet |

Translation

And right there, O best of the Bharatas, is the sacred ford called Madhusrava. O King, a man who bathes there gains the merit equal to gifting a thousand cows.

Word by Word

• मधुस्रवम्: Madhu-srava (name of a tīrtha)
• मधुस्रवम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुस्रव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गोसहस्रफलम्: the fruit (merit) of a thousand cows (given in donation)
• गोसहस्रफलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोसहस्रफल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभेत्: would obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Present-system, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Madhusrava Tirtha
• Bharatas (dynastic epithet)
• King (rājan, addressee)