Shloka 1736

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा कुरुश्रेष्ठ गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌ | कुरुश्रेष्ठ कुरुनन्दन! वहीं मतंगका केदार है, उसमें स्नान करनेसे मनुष्यको सहस्र गोदानका फल मिलता है

Transliteration

tatra snātvā kuruśreṣṭha gosahasraphalaṁ labhet | kuruśreṣṭha kurunandana! tatra mataṅgakā kedāraḥ, tasmin snānena manuṣyo sahasra-godānasya phalaṁ labhate |

Translation

Pulastya disse: “Ó melhor dos Kurus, quem se banhar ali obterá o mérito equivalente a mil doações de vacas. Ó mais eminente Kuru, alegria da linhagem Kuru—ali está o campo sagrado (kedāra) de Mataṅgakā; ao banhar-se nele, o homem alcança o fruto de mil doações de vacas.”

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गोसहस्रफलम्: the fruit (merit) of a thousand cows (given in donation)
• गोसहस्रफलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोसहस्रफल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभेत्: would obtain / may obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, Optative, Third, Singular, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Kuruśreṣṭha (addressed Kuru prince, traditionally Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Kurunandana (addressed Kuru prince)
• Mataṅgakā
• Mataṅgakā-kedāra (sacred field/site)
• snāna (ritual bath)
• go-dāna (cow donation)