Shloka 4

Udīcī-diśi Tīrtha-kīrtana

Northern Sacred Places Enumeration

Devanagari script

राजर्षेस्तस्य च सरिन्नृगस्य भरतर्षभ । रम्यतीर्था बहुजला पयोष्णी द्विजसेविता,भरतकुलभूषण! राजा नृगकी नदी पयोष्णी भी उधर ही है जो रमणीय तीर्थों और अगाध जलसे सुशोभित है। द्विज उसका सेवन करते हैं

Transliteration

rājarṣes tasya ca sarin nṛgasya bharatarṣabha | ramyatīrthā bahujalā payoṣṇī dvijasevitā ||

Translation

Dhaumya said: “O bull among the Bharatas, there is also the river Payoṣṇī belonging to that royal sage Nṛga. Rich in lovely fords and abounding in waters, it is frequented and resorted to by the twice-born.”

Word by Word

राजर्षेःof the royal sage

तस्यof him/that

चand

सरित्river

नृगस्यof Nṛga

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

रम्यतीर्थाhaving lovely fords/pilgrim-places

बहुजलाabounding in much water

पयोष्णीPayoshnī (name of the river)

द्विजसेविताfrequented/served by Brahmins (twice-born)

Speaker

धौम्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

ध

धौम्य (Dhaumya)

न

नृग (Nṛga)

प

पयोष्णी नदी (Payoṣṇī River)

भ

भरत (Bharata lineage)

द

द्विज (twice-born/Brahmins)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes