Shloka 4

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

गड्जायास्तत्र राजेन्द्र सागरस्य च संगमे । अश्वमेधं दशगुणं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिण:,राजेन्द्र! वहाँ गंगासागरसंगममें स्नान करनेसे दस अश्वमेधयज्ञोंके फलकी प्राप्ति होती है, ऐसा मनीषी पुरुष कहते हैं

Transliteration

gaṅgāyās tatra rājendra sāgarasya ca saṅgame | aśvamedhaṃ daśaguṇaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

Wahai raja agung, di pertemuan suci tempat Gaṅgā bersatu dengan samudra, para bijak menyatakan bahwa mandi di sana mendatangkan pahala berlipat sepuluh—setara buah sepuluh upacara Aśvamedha.

Word by Word

• गङ्गायाः: of (the river) Ganga
• गङ्गायाः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सागरस्य: of the ocean
• सागरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सङ्गमे: at the confluence
• सङ्गमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अश्वमेधम्: the Ashvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
• अश्वमेधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दशगुणम्: tenfold
• दशगुणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशगुण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रवदन्ति: they declare/say
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वद्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मनीषिणः: the wise (men)
• मनीषिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Rājendra (the addressed king)
• Gaṅgā
• Sāgara (ocean/sea)
• Gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgama (confluence of Gaṅgā and the sea)
• Aśvamedha (horse sacrifice)