Shloka 172

Viśokā Dvādaśī Vow, Guḍa-Dhenū (Jaggery-Cow) Gift, and Śaila-Dāna (Mountain-Charity) Rites

Devanagari script

विचरेत्पितृभिः सार्धं यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् । अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि रत्नाचलमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

vicaretpitṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam | athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi ratnācalamanuttamam

Translation

ସେ ପିତୃମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ସର୍ବଭୂତ-ସଂପ୍ଲବ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ବିଚରଣ କରିବ। ଏବେ ମୁଁ ଅନୁତ୍ତମ ରତ୍ନାଚଳ ବିଷୟେ ବ୍ୟାଖ୍ୟା କରୁଛି।

Word by Word

• vicaret: would roam/should roam
• vicaret: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√car (धातु, गत्यर्थे)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• pitṛbhiḥ: with the ancestors (pitṛs)
• pitṛbhiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक (adverb/preposition-like: 'together with')

• yāvat: until/as long as
• yāvat: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (until/as long as)

• ābhūta-saṃplavam: up to the cosmic dissolution
• ābhūta-saṃplavam: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ābhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃplava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (आभूतम् इति यावत्/पर्यन्तम्) + संप्लव, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अवधिवाचक

• atha: then/now
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भार्थक (then/now)

• ataḥ: thereafter/therefore
• ataḥ: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थ/तस्मादर्थ (therefore/from hereafter)

• saṃpravakṣyāmi: I shall explain
• saṃpravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-pra-√vac (धातु, कथने)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ratna-acalam: the jewel-mountain
• ratna-acalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + acala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (रत्नानाम् अचलः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anuttamam: unsurpassed, excellent
• anuttamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ratnācalam)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (context needed within Adhyaya 21 to identify the dialogue pair precisely)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: विचरेत्पितृभिः = vicaret + pitṛbhiḥ; यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् = yāvat + ābhūtasaṃplavam; अथातः = atha + ataḥ; रत्नाचलमनुत्तमम् = ratnācalam + anuttamam

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Ratnācala

FAQs

What does this verse suggest about the Pitṛs and the afterlife journey?

It implies continued association with the Pitṛs (ancestral realm or ancestral companionship) enduring up to a cosmic endpoint—“ābhūta-saṃplava,” the dissolution of beings—highlighting a long, cosmically framed ancestral continuity.

What is Ratnācala in this verse?

Ratnācala literally means “Jewel Mountain.” The verse functions as a transition: the narrator finishes a point about ancestral wandering and announces a forthcoming exposition on Ratnācala as an “anuttama” (unsurpassed) sacred स्थल/region.

What ethical or devotional lesson can be drawn from this line?

By placing human/ancestral destiny within cosmic time and then turning to a sacred place’s greatness, the verse encourages reverence for dharma, ancestral obligations, and sacred geography as enduring frameworks that outlast ordinary lifespans.