Shloka 46

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

Devanagari script

नक्षत्रयोगनिरता: संख्यानार्थ च ताभवन्‌ | पत्न्‍्यो वै तस्य राजेन्द्र सोमस्य शुभकर्मण:,राजेन्द्र! शुभ कर्म करनेवाले सोमकी वे पत्नियाँ समयकी गणनाके लिये नक्षत्रोंसे सम्बन्ध रखनेके कारण उसी नामसे विख्यात हुईं

Transliteration

nakṣatrayoganiratāḥ saṅkhyānārthaṃ ca tābhavan | patnyo vai tasya rājendra somasya śubhakarmaṇaḥ ||

Translation

О царь, те жёны Сомы, творца благих деяний, будучи преданы связи с накшатрами — лунными стоянками — ради исчисления времени, прославились под теми же именами и стали мерой для счёта дней.

Word by Word

• नक्षत्रयोगनिरताः: engaged in the conjunction/connection with the nakshatras
• नक्षत्रयोगनिरताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नक्षत्र-योग-निरत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• संख्यानार्थम्: for the purpose of counting/enumeration
• संख्यानार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या-अर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: became / were
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• पत्न्यः: wives
• पत्न्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• तस्य: of him / of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज-इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सोमस्य: of Soma (the Moon)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शुभकर्मणः: of the doer of auspicious deeds / of auspicious action
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ-कर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Soma (Candra, the Moon)
• Nakṣatras (lunar mansions)
• Rājendra (the king addressed)