Shloka 6

Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha

Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context

Devanagari script

देवलस्याश्रमे राजनन्यवसत्‌ स महाद्युति:

Transliteration

devalasyāśrame rājan anyavasat sa mahādyutiḥ

Translation

वैशंपायन म्हणाले—राजन्! तो तेजस्वी पुरुष देवलाच्या आश्रमात राहू लागला.

Word by Word

• देवलस्य: of Devala
• देवलस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अन्यवत्: like another (person), as if someone else
• अन्यवत्: Kriya-vishesana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यवत्

• अवसत्: dwelt, stayed
• अवसत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (वासे)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाद्युतिः: the greatly radiant one
• महाद्युतिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाद्युति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Devala
• Devala's āśrama (hermitage)