Shloka 5

दक्षिणदिशि तीर्थवर्णनम्

Southern Tīrthas: Godāvarī to Dvāravatī

Devanagari script

त्रियुगौ पुण्डरीकाक्षौ वासुदेवधनंजयौ । नारदो5पि तथा वेद यो5प्यशंसत्‌ सदा मम,“कमलके समान नेत्रोंवाले भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुन तीन युगोंसे सदा साथ रहते आये हैं। नारदजी भी इन दोनोंको इसी रूपमें जानते हैं; और सदा मुझसे इस बातकी चर्चा करते रहते हैं

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca |

triyugau puṇḍarīkākṣau vāsudeva-dhanañjayau |

nārado 'pi tathā veda yo 'py aśaṃsat sadā mama ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “Lotus-eyed Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) and Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) have remained together through three ages. Nārada too knows them in this very manner, and he repeatedly spoke to me in praise of this truth.”

Word by Word

• त्रियुगौ: lasting through three yugas / of three ages
• त्रियुगौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रियुग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• पुण्डरीकाक्षौ: lotus-eyed (two persons)
• पुण्डरीकाक्षौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्डरीकाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• वासुदेवधनंजयौ: Vāsudeva and Dhanañjaya (Krishna and Arjuna)
• वासुदेवधनंजयौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव-धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तथा: thus / in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वेद: knows
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अशंसत्: praised / spoke of
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: Imperfect (Past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• Nārada
• Yuga (three ages)