Shloka 9

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

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ततो मचक्रुकं नाम द्वारपालं महाबलम्‌ | यक्षं समभिवाद्यैव गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌,तदनन्तर, वहाँ मचक्कुक नामवाले द्वारपाल महाबली यक्षको नमस्कार करनेमात्रसे सहस्र गोदानका फल मिल जाता है

Transliteration

tato macakrukaṃ nāma dvārapālaṃ mahābalam | yakṣaṃ samabhivādyaiva gosahasraphalaṃ labhet |

Translation

Then, by respectfully saluting the mighty gatekeeper Yakṣa named Macakruka, one gains merit equal to a thousand gifts of cows.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya

• मचक्रुकम्: Machakruka (proper name)
• मचक्रुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मचक्रुक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नाम: by name/namely
• नाम: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम
• Form: Avyaya

• द्वारपालम्: gatekeeper
• द्वारपालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारपाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबलम्: very strong/mighty
• महाबलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यक्षम्: yaksha (nature-spirit)
• यक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समभिवाद्य: having respectfully greeted
• समभिवाद्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अभि + वद्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), indeclinable

• एव: indeed/just/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya

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

• लभेत्: would obtain/may obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Macakruka
• Yakṣa
• Gatekeeper (dvārapāla)
• Cow-gift (go-dāna)