Shloka 49
Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances
Devanagari script
पुरा हि सोमो राजेन्द्र रोहिण्यामवसत् परम् | ततस्ता: कुपिता: सर्वा नक्षत्राख्या महात्मन:,राजेन्द्र! पूर्वकालमें चन्द्रमा सदा रोहिणीके ही समीप रहते थे; अतः नक्षत्रनामसे प्रसिद्ध हुईं महात्मा सोमकी वे सारी पत्नियाँ उनपर कुपित हो उठीं
Transliteration
purā hi somo rājendra rohiṇyām avasat param | tatastāḥ kupitāḥ sarvā nakṣatrākhyā mahātmanaḥ ||
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: “In former times, O king, Soma (the Moon) dwelt exceedingly with Rohiṇī alone. Therefore all his other wives—those illustrious ones known as the Nakṣatras—became angry with that great-souled Soma, seeing his partiality.”
Word by Word
पुराformerly, in olden times
पुरा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
सोमःSoma (the Moon)
सोमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजेन्द्रO king of kings
राजेन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootराजेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
रोहिण्याम्in/with Rohiṇī
रोहिण्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरोहिणी
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
अवसत्dwelt, stayed
अवसत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवस्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
परम्excessively, very much
परम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपर
ततःthereupon, from that
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
ताःthose (women)
ताः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
कुपिताःangered
कुपिताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootकुपित
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
नक्षत्राख्याःknown as Nakṣatras (star-maidens)
नक्षत्राख्याः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनक्षत्राख्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
महात्मनःof the great-souled one
महात्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaS
Soma (Candra, the Moon)R
RohiṇīN
Nakṣatras (Soma’s wives)R
Rājendra (the addressed king)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes