Shloka 126

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

यथा भगीरथो राजा यथा रामश्व विश्रुत: । तथा त्वं सर्वराजभ्यो भ्राजसे रश्मिवानिव,नृपश्रेष्ठ! जैसे धर्मात्मा ययाति तथा राजा पुरूरवा थे वैसे ही तुम भी अपने धर्मसे सुशोभित हो रहे हो। जैसे राजा भगीरथ तथा विख्यात महाराज श्रीराम हो गये हैं, उसी प्रकार तुम भी सूर्यकी भाँति सब राजाओंसे अधिक शोभा पा रहे हो

Transliteration

yathā bhagīratho rājā yathā rāmaś ca viśrutaḥ | tathā tvaṁ sarvarājabhyo bhrājase raśmivān iva, nṛpaśreṣṭha |

Translation

Nārada said: “Just as King Bhagīratha is renowned, and just as Rāma is celebrated, so too do you outshine all other kings, O best of rulers—radiant like the sun with its rays. Your splendor is grounded in dharma.”

Word by Word

यथाjust as

भगीरथःBhagīratha

राजाking

यथाjust as

रामःRāma

चand

विश्रुतःrenowned, famous

तथाso, in the same way

त्वम्you

सर्वराजभ्यःfrom/than all kings

भ्राजसेyou shine, are splendid

रश्मिवान्possessing rays, radiant

इवlike, as if

नृपश्रेष्ठO best of kings

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Bhagīratha

Rāma

the addressed king (nṛpaśreṣṭha)

the sun (implied by raśmivān)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes