Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा तदा रामो यात: क्षत्रनिबर्हण: । तस्य चागमन भूयो ब्रह्मन्‌ शंसितुमरहसि,विप्रवर! उन दिनों ऐसी बात कहकर जब क्षत्रियसंहारक बलरामजी चले गये, तब उनका पुनः आगमन कैसे हुआ, यह बतानेकी कृपा करें

Transliteration

evam uktvā tadā rāmo yātaḥ kṣatra-nibarhaṇaḥ | tasya cāgamanaṃ bhūyo brahman śaṃsitum arhasi, vipra-vara ||

Translation

ଜନମେଜୟ କହିଲେ—ହେ ବିପ୍ରବର! ଏପରି କହି କ୍ଷତ୍ରିୟନିବର୍ହଣ ରାମ (ବଳରାମ) ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନ କଲେ; ହେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ, ପରେ ତାଙ୍କର ପୁନରାଗମନ କିପରି ହେଲା, ଆପଣ କହିବା ଯୋଗ୍ୟ।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, रामः

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

• रामः: Rama (Balarama)
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• यातः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), masculine, nominative, singular

• क्षत्र-निबर्हणः: destroyer of Kshatriyas
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षत्रनिबर्हण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

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

• आगमनम्: coming, arrival
• आगमनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगमन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• भूयः: again, once more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin
• ब्रह्मन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• शंसितुम्: to tell, to relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), active

• अर्हसि: you are able/fit (please)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: present indicative, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada

• विप्र-वर: O best of Brahmins
• विप्र-वर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रवर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Balarāma (Rāma)
• Brahman (addressed sage/narrator)
• Kṣatriyas