Shloka 17

Vāg-yuddha and Nimitta-darśana before the Gadāyuddha

Verbal Duel and Omens

Devanagari script

प्रतीच्यभिमुखं देशं यथोद्दिष्टं सुतेन ते । दक्षिणेन सरस्वत्या: स्वयनं तीर्थमुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

pratīcyabhimukhaṃ deśaṃ yathoddiṣṭaṃ sutena te | dakṣiṇena sarasvatyāḥ svayanaṃ tīrtham uttamam ||

Translation

संजय बोले— आपके पुत्र के बताए अनुसार वे पश्चिमाभिमुख प्रदेश की ओर चले और सरस्वती के दक्षिण तट पर स्थित उत्तम तीर्थ ‘स्वयन’ की ओर बढ़े।

Word by Word

• प्रतीच्यभिमुखम्: west-facing
• प्रतीच्यभिमुखम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीच्यभिमुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देशम्: region, place
• देशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• उद्दिष्टम्: indicated, pointed out
• उद्दिष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-√दिश्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुतेन: by (your) son
• सुतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ते: your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• दक्षिणेन: to the south (of), on the right side
• दक्षिणेन: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सरस्वत्याः: of the Sarasvatī (river)
• सरस्वत्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• स्वयनम्: Svayana (name of a place/ford)
• स्वयनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तीर्थम्: ford; sacred bathing-place
• तीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• Sarasvatī (river)
• Svayana tīrtha