Shloka 17

Kurukṣetra–Sarasvatī Tīrtha-Māhātmya

Pilgrimage Merits and Sacred Geography

Devanagari script

सतं दृष्टवोग्रतपसं दीप्यमानमिव श्रिया । प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे विस्मयं परमं ययौ,वे उग्र तपस्वी महर्षि तेजसे देदीप्यमान हो रहे थे। उन्हें देखकर भीष्मजीको अनुपम प्रसन्नता प्राप्त हुई तथा वे बड़े आश्वर्यमें पड़ गये

Transliteration

sataṁ dṛṣṭvogratasapaṁ dīpyamānam iva śriyā | praharṣam atulaṁ lebhe vismayaṁ paramaṁ yayau ||

Translation

ഉഗ്രതപസ്സുള്ള, ശ്രീയെന്നപോലെ ദീപ്തനായ ആ സന്ന്യാസിമഹർഷിയെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ ഭീഷ്മന് അതുല്യമായ ഹർഷം ലഭിച്ചു; അവൻ പരമ വിസ്മയത്തിലാഴ്ന്നു।

Word by Word

• सतं: the good man / the virtuous one
• सतं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• उग्रतपसम्: the fierce-ascetic (one of terrible austerity)
• उग्रतपसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्रतपस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दीप्यमानम्: shining, blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्
• Form: शानच् (present participle, Ātmanepada), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• श्रिया: with splendor / with fortune
• श्रिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रहर्षम्: joy, exhilaration
• प्रहर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अतुलम्: incomparable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लेभे: obtained, attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• विस्मयम्: astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme, great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ययौ: went (came to), reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Bhishma
• a holy ascetic (maharsi/tapasvin)