Shloka 3

Vaitaraṇī-tīrtha and the Devayāna Path

Kaliṅga Episode

Devanagari script

ततः: समुद्रतीरेण जगाम वसुधाधिप: । भ्रातृभि: सहितो वीर: कलिड्रान्‌ प्रति भारत,भारत! तत्पश्चात्‌ वीर भूपाल युधिष्ठिर अपने भाइयोंके साथ कलिंगदेश (उड़ीसा) में गये

Transliteration

tataḥ samudratīreṇa jagāma vasudhādhipaḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito vīraḥ kaliṅgān prati bhārata ||

Translation

そののち、地の主たる勇士ユディシュティラは、兄弟たちを伴い、海辺に沿って進み、ああバーラタよ、カリンガの国へと向かった。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• समुद्र-तीरेण: along the seashore
• समुद्र-तीरेण: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्रतीर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• वसुधा-अधिपः: the lord of the earth (king)
• वसुधा-अधिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्रातृभिः: with (his) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सहितः: accompanied (by)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीरः: the hero
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कलिङ्गान्: the Kalingas / Kalinga country (people/region)
• कलिङ्गान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रति: towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍava brothers
• Samudra (sea)
• Kaliṅga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in adversity, a righteous leader maintains composure and purposeful movement; exile does not cancel dharma, and disciplined conduct sustains moral authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira, with his brothers, travels along the coast and proceeds toward the region of Kaliṅga as part of the Pāṇḍavas’ wanderings in the forest.