Shloka 35

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

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

प्रत्यूचु: परमप्रीता राम॑ हर्षसमन्विता: । तपस्ते वर्धतां भूय: पितृभक्त्या विशेषत:,परशुरामजीका यह शुभ वचन सुनकर उनके पितर बड़े प्रसन्न हुए और हर्षमें भरकर बोले--“वत्स! तुम्हारी तपस्या इस विशेष पितृभक्तिसे पुन: बढ़ जाय

Transliteration

pratyūcuḥ paramaprītā rāma harṣasamanvitāḥ | tapaste vardhatāṃ bhūyaḥ pitṛbhaktyā viśeṣataḥ ||

Translation

Greatly delighted and filled with joy, the forefathers replied to Rāma: “Dear child, may your austerity increase still more—especially through your exceptional devotion to your father and ancestors.”

Word by Word

प्रत्यूचुःthey replied

परमप्रीताःvery pleased

रामO Rama

हर्षसमन्विताःendowed with joy

तपःausterity, penance

तेof you, your

वर्धताम्may it increase

भूयःagain, further, more

पितृभक्त्याby devotion to (one's) fathers/ancestors

विशेषतःespecially

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Pitaraḥ (forefathers/ancestors)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Austerity (tapas) is praised as most potent and dharmic when it is joined to pitṛbhakti—reverence and devoted duty toward one’s father and ancestors—so spiritual discipline is grounded in gratitude, lineage-duty, and ethical intention.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma (Paraśurāma) receives a response from the forefathers: they are pleased and joyfully bless him, wishing that his tapas may increase further, emphasizing that his special devotion to his father/ancestors is the cause of their satisfaction.