Shloka 66

बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya

Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī

Devanagari script

तथा त्वमपि सर्वासां सरितां वै पतिर्भव । 'जैसे देवराज इन्द्र सदा भयसे हमलोगोंकी रक्षा करते हैं, उसी प्रकार आप भी समस्त सरिताओंके अधिपति हो जाइये (और हमारी रक्षा कीजिये)

Transliteration

tathā tvam api sarvāsāṃ saritāṃ vai patir bhava |

Translation

ದೇವರಾಜ ಇಂದ್ರನು ಸದಾ ಭಯದಿಂದ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವಂತೆ, ನೀನೂ ಸಹ ಎಲ್ಲ ನದಿಗಳ ಅಧಿಪತಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದು ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡು.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सर्वासाम्: of all
• सर्वासाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• सरिताम्: of rivers/streams
• सरिताम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• पतिः: lord, master
• पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भव: be (become)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Indra
• rivers (saritaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate authority is framed as protective responsibility: one who becomes 'lord' (pati) should remove fear and safeguard dependents, modeled on Indra’s role as a protector.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker conveys a request/blessing that the addressed being should assume sovereignty over the rivers, explicitly linking that sovereignty to the duty of protection, as Indra protects from fear.