Shloka 14

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

दीर्घमायुरवाप्रोति स्वर्गलोक॑ च गच्छति । भरतकुलभूषण! तदनन्तर बदरिकातीर्थमें स्नान करके मनुष्य दीर्घायु पाता और स्वर्गलोकमें जाता है ।। अथ चम्पां समासाद्य भागीरथ्यां कृतोदक:

Transliteration

dīrgham āyur avāpnoti svargalokaṁ ca gacchati | bharatakula-bhūṣaṇa! tad-anantaraṁ badarikā-tīrthe snānaṁ kṛtvā manuṣyo dīrghāyuḥ prāpnoti svargalokaṁ ca yāti || atha campāṁ samāsādya bhāgīrathyāṁ kṛtodakaḥ

Translation

Pulastya said: “He attains long life and also goes to the world of heaven. O ornament of the Bharata lineage, thereafter, having bathed at the sacred ford of Badarikā, a person gains longevity and reaches heaven. Then, arriving at Campā, he performs the water-rite in the Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā).”

Word by Word

• दीर्घम्: long (duration)
• दीर्घम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्नोति: obtains, attains
• अवाप्नोति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√आप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्वर्गलोकम्: the world of heaven
• स्वर्गलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गलोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भरतकुलभूषण: O ornament of the Bharata lineage
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतकुलभूषण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनन्तरम्: after that, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर

• बदरिकातीर्थम्: the Badarikā sacred ford (tirtha)
• बदरिकातीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदरिकातीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Active

• मनुष्यः: a man, a person
• मनुष्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दीर्घायु: long-lived (state/quality)
• दीर्घायु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घायु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√आप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्वर्गलोकम्: the world of heaven
• स्वर्गलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गलोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अथ: then, next
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• चम्पाम्: to Champā (place-name)
• चम्पाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• समासाद्य: having reached, having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्), Active

• भागीरथ्याम्: in/on the Bhāgīrathī (Ganges)
• भागीरथ्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागीरथी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कृत: done, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उदकः: water; (ritual) ablution
• उदकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Bharatakula (Bharata dynasty)
• Badarikā-tīrtha
• Svargaloka
• Campā
• Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)