Shloka 64

Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti

Chapter 82

Devanagari script

विष्णोर्दुर्वाससा यत्र वरो दत्तो युधिष्िर । वरदाने नर: स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌

Transliteration

viṣṇor durvāsasā yatra varo datto yudhiṣṭhira | varadāne naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṁ labhet ||

Translation

Ghūlastya said: “O Yudhiṣṭhira, at that place where Viṣṇu granted a boon through Durvāsas, a man who bathes at the boon-bestowing ford gains the merit equal to gifting a thousand cows.”

Word by Word

• विष्णोः: of Vishnu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दुर्वाससा: by Durvasa
• दुर्वाससा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दत्तः: given
• दत्तः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वरदाने: in (that) boon-giving (act/place/time)
• वरदाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरदान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Purvakala)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• गोसहस्रफलम्: the fruit (merit) of (donating) a thousand cows
• गोसहस्रफलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोसहस्रफल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), Present-system (optative sense), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Durvāsas
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• varadāna-tīrtha (boon-giving sacred bathing place)
• gosahasra (a thousand cows, as a merit-standard)