Shloka 48

युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya

Devanagari script

ऋषिकुल्‍यां समासाद्य वासिष्ठं चैव भारत | वासिष्ठीं समतिक्रम्य सर्वे वर्णा द्विजातय:

Transliteration

ṛṣikulyāṃ samāsādya vāsiṣṭhaṃ caiva bhārata | vāsiṣṭhīṃ samatikramya sarve varṇā dvijātayaḥ ||

Translation

Ghūlastya said: “O Bhārata, having reached the sacred ford called Ṛṣikulyā and also the Vāsiṣṭha tīrtha, all people of every social order—such as kṣatriyas and others—who bathe there and then pass beyond the Vāsiṣṭhī (stream/ford) become ‘twice-born.’”

Word by Word

• ऋषिकुल्याम्: in/at the Ṛṣikulyā (river/ford)
• ऋषिकुल्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषिकुल्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• समासाद्य: having reached/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• वासिष्ठम्: Vāsiṣṭha (the tīrtha/place of Vasiṣṭha)
• वासिष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वासिष्ठीम्: Vāsiṣṭhī (a boundary/line/region associated with Vasiṣṭha)
• वासिष्ठीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासिष्ठी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• समतिक्रम्य: having crossed/overstepped
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अति-√क्रम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वर्णाः: classes/varṇas
• वर्णाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्विजातयः: twice-born (become twice-born)
• द्विजातयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghūlastya
• Bhārata
• Ṛṣikulyā
• Vāsiṣṭha tīrtha
• Vāsiṣṭhī
• Vasiṣṭha (implied by the toponym)