Shloka 35

Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman

Manu’s Instruction

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नेवाथ काले तु तीर्थयात्रामुपागत: । इक्ष्वाकुरगमत्‌ तत्र समेता यत्र ते विभो,इसी समय तीर्थयात्राके लिये आये हुए राजा इक्ष्वाकु भी उस स्थानपर आ पहुँचे, जहाँ वे सब लोग एकत्र हुए थे

Transliteration

tasminnevātha kāle tu tīrthayātrām upāgataḥ | ikṣvākur agamat tatra sametā yatra te vibho ||

Translation

तस्मिन्नेवाथ काले तु तीर्थयात्रामुपागतः। इक्ष्वाकुरगमत् तत्र समेता यत्र ते विभो॥

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• तीर्थयात्राम्: pilgrimage (journey to sacred fords)
• तीर्थयात्राम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपागतः: having come/arrived (for)
• उपागतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle, used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इक्ष्वाकुः: King Ikshvaku
• इक्ष्वाकुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्ष्वाकु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अगमत्: went/came
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Aorist (लुङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• समेताः: assembled/gathered
• समेताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-इ (समेत)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विभो: O mighty one/Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Ikshvaku
• tīrtha (sacred pilgrimage sites)