Shloka 10

Narmadā Pilgrimage Itinerary: Sequence of Tīrthas, Rites, and Fruits

Devanagari script

यान्यान्प्रार्थयते कामान्पशुपुत्रधनानि च । प्राप्नुयात्तानि सर्वाणि तत्र स्नात्वा नराधिप

Transliteration

yānyānprārthayate kāmānpaśuputradhanāni ca | prāpnuyāttāni sarvāṇi tatra snātvā narādhipa

Translation

အို လူတို့၏အရှင်မင်းကြီး၊ လူသည် ဆုတောင်းလိုသော ဆန္ဒများ—တိရစ္ဆာန်၊ သားသမီး၊ ဥစ္စာဓန စသည်တို့—ထိုနေရာတွင် သန့်စင်ရေချိုးလျှင် အားလုံးကို ရရှိနိုင်သည်။

Word by Word

• यानि: which (those) [things]
• यानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘तानि’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्धि यत्-शब्दः

• यान्: which (those) [desires]
• यान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘कामान्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण-रूपेण ‘which desires’

• प्रार्थयते: asks for/desires
• प्रार्थयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अर्थ्/√अर्थय् (धातु; denominative) (आत्मनेपद)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd/प्रथम), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पशुपुत्रधनानि: cattle, sons, and wealth
• पशुपुत्रधनानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु + पुत्र + धन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः—‘पशवः च पुत्राः च धनानि च’ (collective as neuter plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• प्राप्नुयात्: would obtain/should obtain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd/प्रथम), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘तानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• नराधिप: O lord of men (king)
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘नराणाम् अधिपः’

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing a king: 'narādhipa')

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: यान्यान्प्रार्थयते = यानि + यान् + प्रार्थयते; कामान्पशुपुत्रधनानि = कामान् + पशुपुत्रधनानि; प्राप्नुयात्तानि = प्राप्नुयात् + तानि

FAQs

What practice is emphasized in this verse?

It emphasizes tīrtha-snāna—ritual bathing at a sacred place—as a means to obtain desired worldly outcomes.

What kinds of results (phala) are promised here?

The verse lists common household aims—cattle, progeny (sons/children), and wealth—stating that one attains whatever one prays for by bathing there.

What is the ethical or spiritual takeaway beyond material gain?

Even though the verse speaks in material terms, it frames sacred bathing and prayer as disciplined, faith-based action (karma with śraddhā) undertaken in a sanctified context.