Shloka 106

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

Chapter 82

Devanagari script

यजनं याजनं चैव तथैव ब्रह्म बालुकाम्‌ । पुष्पाम्भश्न उपस्पृश्य न शोचेन्मरणं गत:,वहाँ यजन, याजन तथा वेदोंका स्वाध्याय करके अथवा वहाँकी बालू, पुष्प एवं जलका स्पर्श करके मृत्युको प्राप्त हुआ पुरुष शोकसे पार हो जाता है

Transliteration

yajanaṁ yājanaṁ caiva tathaiva brahma bālukām | puṣpāmbhaḥ snātvopaspṛśya na śocen maraṇaṁ gataḥ ||

Translation

その聖地において、祭祀を行い、また祭祀を司り、さらにヴェーダを学ぶ者はもちろん、ただ沐浴して、そこの砂・花・水に儀礼として触れるだけの者であっても——その人が死に至るとき、悲嘆に沈むことはない。

Word by Word

• यजनम्: sacrifice (act of worship)
• यजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• याजनम्: causing/performing sacrifice for others (priestly officiation)
• याजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: याजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ब्रह्म: Veda/sacred knowledge (brahman)
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बालुकाम्: sand
• बालुकाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालुका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुष्प: flower
• पुष्प: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अम्भः: water
• अम्भः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्भस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उपस्पृश्य: having touched (after touching)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√स्पृश्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शोचेत्: should grieve
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुच्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), present-system, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मरणम्: death
• मरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: gone/attained
• गतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• यजन (sacrifice)
• याजन (officiating sacrifice)
• ब्रह्म/वेद (Veda, sacred study)
• बालुका (sand)
• पुष्प (flowers)
• अम्भः/जल (water)
• मरण (death)