Shloka 18

Kurukṣetra–Sarasvatī Tīrtha-Māhātmya

Pilgrimage Merits and Sacred Geography

Devanagari script

उपस्थितं महाभागं पूजयामास भारत । भीष्मो धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठो विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा

Transliteration

upasthitaṁ mahābhāgaṁ pūjayāmāsa bhārata | bhīṣmo dharmabhṛtāṁ śreṣṭho vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā ||

Translation

ഹേ ഭാരത, ധർമ്മധാരികളിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ ഭീഷ്മൻ അവിടെ എത്തിയ മഹാഭാഗ അതിഥിയെ ശാസ്ത്രവിധിപ്രകാരം പൂജിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• उपस्थितम्: present; arrived; having come near
• उपस्थितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपस्थित (उप-स्था धातु से क्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाभागम्: the very fortunate/noble one
• महाभागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पूजयामास: honoured; paid reverence to
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect), 3rd, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मभृताम्: of the upholders of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मभृत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• श्रेष्ठः: the best; foremost
• श्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विधिदृष्टेन: prescribed by rule; as enjoined
• विधिदृष्टेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधिदृष्ट (विधि + दृष्ट)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कर्मणा: by an act; by a rite/observance
• कर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bhīṣma
• Bhārata (addressee/lineage)