Shloka 19

दक्षिणदिशि तीर्थवर्णनम्

Southern Tīrthas: Godāvarī to Dvāravatī

Devanagari script

यत्र कंचिद्‌ वयं कालं वसनन्‍्तः सत्यविक्रमम्‌ । प्रतीक्षामोर<्ड्जुनं वीरं वृष्टिकामा इवाम्बुदम्‌,“यहाँ हमलोग कुछ काल रहकर सत्यपराक्रमी वीर अर्जुनके आगमनकी उसी प्रकार प्रतीक्षा करें, जैसे वृष्टिकी इच्छा रखनेवाले किसान बादलोंकी राह देखते हैं

Transliteration

yatra kañcid vayaṁ kālaṁ vasanantaḥ satyavikramam | pratīkṣāmaḥ arjunaṁ vīraṁ vṛṣṭikāmā ivāmbudam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Let us stay here for some time and wait for the truly valorous hero Arjuna—just as those who long for rain keep watch for the clouds.”

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: true

• कंचित्: some (a certain)
• कंचित्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क
• Form: true

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• कालम्: time (a while)
• कालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वसन्तः: staying, dwelling
• वसन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सत्यविक्रमम्: of true valor / truly valiant (as an epithet)
• सत्यविक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतीक्षामः: we wait for, we await
• प्रतीक्षामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ईक्ष्
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीरम्: heroic, brave
• वीरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वृष्टिकामाः: desiring rain
• वृष्टिकामाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष्टिकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: true

• अम्बुदम्: cloud
• अम्बुदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• clouds (ambuda)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined patience and hopeful endurance: in hardship one should wait steadily for rightful support and timely aid, as farmers depend on clouds for rain.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker proposes that they remain in a place for a while and await the arrival of the hero Arjuna, using the simile of rain-seekers watching for clouds.