Shloka 23

Puṣkara-Tīrtha-Māhātmya and the Phala of Pilgrimage

Nārada–Yudhiṣṭhira; Pulastya–Bhīṣma Transmission

Devanagari script

नकुल उवाच यस्मिन्‌ दिव्यानि कर्माणि कथयन्ति रणाजिरे | देवा अपि युधां श्रेष्ठ तमृते का रतिर्वने,नकुलने कहा--जिन महावीर अर्जुनके विषयमें रणप्रांगणके भीतर देवताओं के द्वारा भी दिव्य कर्मोंका वर्णन किया जाता है, उन योद्धाओंमें श्रेष्ठ धनंजयके बिना अब इस वनमें हमें क्‍या प्रसन्नता है?

Transliteration

Nakula uvāca: yasmin divyāni karmāṇi kathayanti raṇājire | devā api yudhāṃ śreṣṭha tam ṛte kā ratir vane ||

Translation

Nakula said: “He in whose case even the gods recount his wondrous deeds on the battlefield—without that Dhanañjaya, the best of warriors, what joy can there be for us in this forest?”

Word by Word

• नकुलः: Nakula
• नकुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यस्मिन्: in whom / in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कर्माणि: deeds
• कर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कथयन्ति: they narrate / tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• रणाजिरे: in the battlefield
• रणाजिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणाजिर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: even / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• युधाम्: of battles / of warriors (lit. of fights)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• श्रेष्ठम्: the best
• श्रेष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋते: without / except
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते

• का: what?
• का: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रतिः: delight / pleasure
• रतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Arjuna (Dhanañjaya)
• Devas (gods)
• Forest (vana)
• Battlefield (raṇājira)