Shloka 21

Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances

Devanagari script

तीर्थयात्रां ययौ राजन्‌ कुरूणां वैशसे तदा । सरस्वती प्रतिस्रोत: समन्तादभिजग्मिवान्‌

Transliteration

tīrthayātrāṃ yayau rājan kurūṇāṃ vaiśase tadā | sarasvatī pratisrotaḥ samantād abhijagmivān ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြော၏— အို မင်းကြီး၊ ထိုအခါ ကုရုတို့၏ သတ်ဖြတ်ပျက်စီးမှုအပြီး၌ သူသည် သန့်ရှင်းသော တီရ္ထများသို့ ဘုရားဖူးခရီး ထွက်ခွာခဲ့ပြီး၊ စာရသွတီမြစ်သို့ အရပ်ရပ်မှ ချဉ်းကပ်ကာ ရေစီးကို ဆန့်ကျင်၍ တက်လျက် ရောက်ရှိ하였다။

Word by Word

• तीर्थयात्राम्: pilgrimage (journey to sacred fords)
• तीर्थयात्राम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (याति)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

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

• कुरूणाम्: of the Kurus
• कुरूणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वैशसे: in the slaughter/massacre
• वैशसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशस
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• सरस्वतीम्: the Sarasvatī (river)
• सरस्वतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिस्रोतः: upstream; against the current
• प्रतिस्रोतः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिस्रोतस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समन्तात्: on all sides; all around
• समन्तात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात्

• अभिजग्मिवान्: having gone to; having reached
• अभिजग्मिवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम् (गच्छति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• King (Janamejaya, implied addressee)
• Kurus
• Sarasvatī (river)