Shloka 22

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

ततो गच्छेत कावेरीं वृतामप्सरसां गणै: । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्‌ गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌,राजन्‌! तदनन्तर अप्सराओंसे आवृत कावेरी नदीकी यात्रा करे। वहाँ स्नान करनेसे मनुष्य सहस्र गोदानका फल पाता है

Transliteration

tato gacchet kāverīṃ vṛtām apsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ | tatra snātvā naro rājan gosahasraphalaṃ labhet |

Translation

Then, O King, one should proceed to the river Kāverī, which is surrounded by companies of Apsarases. Bathing there, a man, O King, obtains the merit equivalent to gifting a thousand cows—thus the sacred journey and purification are praised as a powerful means of accruing dharmic merit.

Word by Word

ततःthen; thereafter

गच्छेत्should go

कावेरीम्to the Kaveri (river)

वृताम्surrounded; encompassed

अप्सरसाम्of Apsarases

गणैःby groups; with hosts

तत्रthere

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

नरःa man

राजन्O king

गोसहस्रफलम्the fruit (merit) of a thousand cows (as a gift)

लभेत्would obtain; should obtain

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

King (rājan)

Kāverī (river)

Apsarases

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes