Shloka 105

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

तैजसं नाम तत्‌ तीर्थ यत्र पूर्वमपां पति: । अभिषिक्त: सुरगणैर्वरुणो भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ)]ी वह तैजस नामका तीर्थ है, जहाँ पहले जलके स्वामी वरुणदेवका देवताओंद्वारा अभिषेक किया गया था

Transliteration

taijasaṃ nāma tat tīrthaṃ yatra pūrvam apāṃ patiḥ | abhiṣiktaḥ suragaṇair varuṇo bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “That sacred ford is called Taijasa. There, in ancient times, Varuṇa—the lord of the waters—was consecrated by the hosts of gods, O bull among the Bharatas.”

Word by Word

तैजसम्named Taijasa / Taijasa (as an epithet)

नामby name, called

तत्that

तीर्थम्pilgrimage-place, ford (tīrtha)

यत्रwhere

पूर्वम्formerly, earlier

अपाम्of the waters

पतिःlord, master

अभिषिक्तःanointed, consecrated

सुरगणैःby the hosts of gods

वरुणःVaruṇa

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Taijasa Tīrtha

Varuṇa

Suragaṇa (hosts of gods)

Bharata lineage (addressed as Bharatarṣabha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the sanctity of tīrthas by linking them to divine events: a place becomes ethically and spiritually significant when it is associated with the establishment of cosmic order and rightful authority (here symbolized by Varuṇa’s consecration by the gods).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana identifies a particular pilgrimage site named Taijasa and explains its origin-story: in former times, the gods performed Varuṇa’s ritual consecration there, marking the spot as a revered tīrtha.