Shloka 3

और्वोपाख्यानम्

Aurva Episode: Restoration of Sight and Restraint of World-Destructive Anger

Devanagari script

ते त्वगच्छन्नहोरात्रात्‌ तीर्थ सोमाश्रयायणम्‌ | आसेदु: पुरुषव्यात्रा गज्ञायां पाण्डुनन्दना:,एक दिन और एक रात चलकर वे नरश्रेष्ठ पाण्डव गंगाजीके तटपर सोमाश्रयायण नामक तीर्थमें जा पहुँचे

Transliteration

te tv agacchann ahorātrāt tīrtha-somāśrayāyaṇam | āseduḥ puruṣavyāghrā gaṅgāyāṃ pāṇḍu-nandanāḥ ||

Translation

एक दिन और एक रात चलकर नरश्रेष्ठ पाण्डुनन्दन पाण्डव गंगातट पर स्थित ‘सोमाश्रयायण’ नामक तीर्थ में जा पहुँचे।

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अगच्छन्: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अहोरात्रात्: from/after a day and a night
• अहोरात्रात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहोरात्र
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• तीर्थम्: to the sacred ford/pilgrimage-place
• तीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सोमाश्रयायणम्: named Soma-āśrayāyaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोमाश्रयायण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आसेदुः: reached/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पुरुषव्याघ्राः: tigers among men (best of men)
• पुरुषव्याघ्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गङ्गायाम्: on/at the Ganges
• गङ्गायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डुनन्दनाः: sons of Pāṇḍu (the Pāṇḍavas)
• पाण्डुनन्दनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Gaṅgā (river)
• Somāśrayāyaṇa tīrtha