Mahabharata 9.46.107 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 46, Shloka 107

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

उषित्वा रजनीं तत्र माधव: परवीरहा । पूज्य तीर्थवरं तच्च स्पृष्टवा तोयं च लाड़ली

Transliteration

uṣitvā rajanīṃ tatra mādhavaḥ paravīrahā | pūjya tīrthavaraṃ tacca spṛṣṭvā toyaṃ ca lāḍalī ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ມາທະວະ—ຜູ້ປະຫານວິລະຊົນຝ່າຍຕໍ່ຕ້ານ—ໄດ້ພັກຄ້າງຄືນຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ. ພຣະອົງໄດ້ນະມັດສະການທ່ານ້ໍາອັນປະເສີດນັ້ນ; ແລ້ວເມື່ອໄດ້ແຕະນ້ໍາຂອງມັນ ກໍໄດ້ເດີນທາງຕໍ່ໄປ.

Word by Word

• उषित्वा: having stayed/dwelt
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (उष्-आदेश) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• रजनीम्: night
• रजनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• माधवः: Mādhava (Krishna)
• माधवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परवीरहा: slayer of enemy-heroes
• परवीरहा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर-वीर-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूज्य: worthy of worship; to be worshipped
• पूज्य: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् + यत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तीर्थवरम्: the best sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थवरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-वर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• स्पृष्ट्वा: having touched
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• लाड़ली: unclear reading; possibly 'beloved/cherished' or a corrupted form
• लाड़ली: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाड़ली
• Form: पाठदोष/अस्पष्ट-पाठः; शुद्धपाठः सम्भाव्यः (e.g., 'लालितः/ललितः/लाड़ितः' इत्यादि), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• tīrtha (sacred ford/pilgrimage place)
• toya (water)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a martial context, one should uphold dharma through reverence for sacred places and inner purification; ritual respect functions as ethical re-centering before action.

What is happening in the narrative?

After spending the night at a location, Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) honors a renowned tīrtha and touches its water as an act of reverence/purification, then continues his journey.