Shloka 41

Glorification of Prayāga

The Gaṅgā–Yamunā Confluence

Devanagari script

सुवर्णालंकृतानां तु नारीणां लभते शतम् । पृथिव्यामासमुद्रायां महाभोगपतिर्भवेत्

Transliteration

suvarṇālaṃkṛtānāṃ tu nārīṇāṃ labhate śatam | pṛthivyāmāsamudrāyāṃ mahābhogapatirbhavet

Translation

黄金で飾られた女人を百人得、周囲の大海に至るこの大地において、彼は大いなる歓楽と繁栄の主となる。

Word by Word

• सुवर्णालंकृतानाम्: of those adorned with gold
• सुवर्णालंकृतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + अलंकृत (कृ-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — ‘सुवर्णेन अलंकृत’ इति कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुषसमासान्तः; विशेषणरूपेण

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/विशेषार्थे ‘but/indeed’

• नारीणाम्: of women
• नारीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• आ-समुद्रायाम्: up to the ocean (ocean-bounded)
• आ-समुद्रायाम्: Adhikarana (Extent/location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ (अव्यय-उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्ग) + समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभावसमास: ‘आ समुद्र’ = ‘up to the ocean’

• महाभोगपतिः: lord of great enjoyments
• महाभोगपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभोग (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भोग) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘महाभोगस्य पतिः’

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Unspecified (context not provided; likely a narrator/teacher continuing a merit-fruit description within Svargakhaṇḍa)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shringara

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: city

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: पृथिव्यामासमुद्रायाम् = पृथिव्याम् + आ-समुद्रायाम् (आ- इति अव्ययपूर्वक-समास/सीमावाचक). महाभोगपतिर्भवेत् = महाभोगपतिः + भवेत् (विसर्गसन्धि: ः + भ → र्भ).

FAQs

What is the primary promise (phala) stated in this verse?

It promises abundant worldly enjoyment: gaining a hundred gold-adorned women and becoming a lord of great pleasures and prosperity across the earth up to the ocean.

What does “ā-samudrāyām pṛthivyām” mean in context?

It describes dominion or fame extending across the earth ‘up to the ocean,’ an idiom for wide, near-universal terrestrial reach.

Is this verse teaching devotion (bhakti) or describing karmic reward?

As presented, it functions as a karma-phala/phalashruti style statement—describing results in terms of worldly prosperity and enjoyment rather than explicitly teaching bhakti.