Shloka 16

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

Devanagari script

गच्छन्नेव पथिस्थस्तु राम: प्रेष्यानुवाच ह,यात्रा करते हुए बलरामजीने स्वयं मार्गमें ही रहकर अपने सेवकोंसे कहा--“'तुमलोग शीघ्र ही द्वारका जाकर वहाँसे तीर्थयात्रामें काम आनेवाली सब सामग्री, समस्त आवश्यक उपकरण, अग्निहोत्रकी अग्नि तथा पुरोहितोंको ले आओ

Transliteration

gacchann eva pathisthaḥ tu rāmaḥ preṣyān uvāca ha | tūrṇaṃ dvārakāṃ gatvā tataḥ tīrthayātrāyāṃ kāryāṃ sarvāṃ sāmagrīṃ sarvān āvaśyakopaskarān agnihotrāgnim purohitāṃś ca ānaya ta ||

Translation

Disse Vaiśampāyana: Ainda na estrada, Balarāma dirigiu-se aos seus servidores: “Ide depressa a Dvārakā e trazei de lá todos os mantimentos e instrumentos necessários à peregrinação—bem como o fogo sagrado do agnihotra e os sacerdotes.”

Word by Word

• गच्छन्: going
• गच्छन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पथि-स्थः: standing/on the road
• पथि-स्थः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पथि-स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• रामः: Rama (Balarama)
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रेष्यान्: servants/messengers
• प्रेष्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Balarāma (Rāma)
• attendants/servants (preṣyāḥ)
• Dvārakā
• tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage)
• agnihotra
• sacred fire (agni)
• purohitas (priests)