Shloka 121
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
Devanagari script
भो भो महर्षे धर्मज्ञ किमर्थ नृत्यते भवान् | हर्षस्थानं किमर्थ वा तवाद्य मुनिपुज़व
Transliteration
bho bho maharṣe dharmajña kimarthaṁ nṛtyate bhavān | harṣasthānaṁ kimarthaṁ vā tavādya munipuṅgava ||
Translation
ഹേ ഹേ മഹർഷേ, ധർമ്മജ്ഞനേ! എന്തിനാണ് നിങ്ങൾ നൃത്തം ചെയ്യുന്നത്? ഹേ മുനിപുംഗവ, ഇന്ന് നിങ്ങളുടെ ഹർഷത്തിന് കാരണമെന്ത്?
Word by Word
भोO!
भो:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभो
Formvocative particle
भोO!
भो:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभो
Formvocative particle
महर्षेO great sage
महर्षे:
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
धर्मज्ञO knower of dharma
धर्मज्ञ:
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मज्ञ
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
किमर्थम्for what reason? why?
किमर्थम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिमर्थम्
Forminterrogative adverb
नृत्यतेdances
नृत्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootनृत्
Formpresent, indicative, 3rd person, singular, Ātmanepada
भवान्you (honorific)
भवान्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootभवत्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
हर्षस्थानम्cause/occasion of joy
हर्षस्थानम्:
TypeNoun
Rootहर्षस्थान
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
किमर्थम्for what reason? why?
किमर्थम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिमर्थम्
Forminterrogative adverb
वाor / indeed
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
Formdisjunctive particle
तवof you / your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Formgenitive, singular
अद्यtoday / now
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
Formtemporal adverb
मुनिपुङ्गवO bull among sages / best of sages
मुनिपुङ्गव:
TypeNoun
Rootमुनिपुङ्गव
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
Speaker
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
G
GhūlastyaM
maharṣi (a great sage)M
munipuṅgava (foremost sage)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes