Shloka 10

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

ऋषभं तीर्थमासाद्य कोसलायां नराधिप । वाजपेयमवाप्रोति त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नर:

Transliteration

ṛṣabhaṃ tīrtham āsādya kosalāyāṃ narādhipa | vājapeyam avāpnoti trirātro-poṣito naraḥ ||

Translation

ഹേ നരാധിപാ! കോസലദേശത്തിലെ ഋഷഭനാമ തീർത്ഥത്തിലെത്തി അവിടെ മൂന്നു രാത്രികൾ ഉപവസിക്കുന്നവൻ വാജപേയയാഗഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

ऋषभम्Rishabha (name of a tīrtha)

तीर्थम्sacred ford/pilgrimage place

आसाद्यhaving reached

कोसलायाम्in Kosala

नराधिपO king (lord of men)

वाजपेयम्the Vājapeya sacrifice

अवाप्नोतिobtains/attains

त्रिरात्रोपोषितःhaving fasted for three nights

नरःa man

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

Ṛ

Ṛṣabha-tīrtha

Kosala

Vājapeya (sacrifice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that sincere austerity and disciplined observance at a sacred place can yield spiritual merit comparable to elaborate Vedic sacrifices, emphasizing accessible paths to dharma through pilgrimage and fasting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya is describing the fruits of visiting specific tīrthas. Here he states that reaching Ṛṣabha-tīrtha in Kosala and fasting for three nights grants the merit of the prestigious Vājapeya sacrifice.