Shloka 111

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

तव धर्मेण धर्मज्ञ नित्यमेवाभितोषिता: । अवाप्स्यसि त्वं लोकान्‌ वै वसूनां वासवोपम । कीर्ति च महतीं भीष्म प्राप्स्यसे भुवि शाश्वतीम्‌

Transliteration

tava dharmeṇa dharmajña nityam evābhitoṣitāḥ | avāpsyasi tvaṁ lokān vai vasūnāṁ vāsavopama | kīrtiṁ ca mahatīṁ bhīṣma prāpsyase bhuvi śāśvatīm ||

Translation

ഹേ ധർമ്മജ്ഞാ! നിന്റെ ധർമ്മം കൊണ്ടു ദേവന്മാർ നിത്യം പ്രസന്നരാണ്. അതുകൊണ്ട്, വാസവനോടു തുല്യനായ ഭീഷ്മാ! നീ വസുക്കളുടെ ലോകങ്ങളെ പ്രാപിക്കും; ഭൂമിയിൽ മഹത്തും ശാശ്വതവുമായ കീർത്തിയും നേടും.

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मेण: by (your) dharma/righteousness
• धर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धर्मज्ञ: O knower of dharma
• धर्मज्ञ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अभितोषिताः: fully pleased/satisfied
• अभितोषिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-तुष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• अवाप्स्यसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 2nd, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वै: indeed (emphatic particle)
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वसूनाम्: of the Vasus
• वसूनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वासवोपम: O one comparable to Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवोपम: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासव-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कीर्तिम्: fame
• कीर्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महतīm: great
• महतīm: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भीष्म: O Bhīṣma
• भीष्म: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्राप्स्यसे: you will attain
• प्राप्स्यसे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• भुवि: on earth/in the world
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• शाश्वतीम्: everlasting/perpetual
• शाश्वतीम्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Bhīṣma
• Vasus
• Vāsava (Indra)
• lokāḥ (heavenly worlds/realms)