Shloka 6

Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative

Devanagari script

तत्र मोदन्ति देवाश्ष॒ पितरक्षु सवीरुध:

Transliteration

tatra modanti devāś ca pitaraś ca savīrudhaḥ

Translation

அங்கே தேவர்களும் பித்ருக்களும் மகிழ்கின்றனர்; தாவரங்கள், கொடிகள் உள்ளிட்ட வளர்வதெல்லாம் கூட களிக்கிறது; இது மங்களகரமும் உயிர்-போஷகமும் ஆன இடம்/நிகழ்வு—இங்கு தெய்வ ஒழுங்கும் பித்ரு ஒழுங்கும் திருப்தியடைகின்றன।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• मोदन्ति: rejoice / are delighted
• मोदन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: present tense (लट्), parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• पितरः: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable (conjunction)

• सवीरुधः: together with the plants/creepers
• सवीरुधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-वीरुध्
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• देवाः (the gods)
• पितरः (the Pitṛs/ancestors)
• वीरुधः (vegetation/plants)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links well-being to dharmic harmony: when the divine order and the ancestral order are satisfied, even the natural world (vegetation) is portrayed as flourishing—suggesting that ethical and ritual alignment sustains life and prosperity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a setting or moment as profoundly auspicious: gods and Pitṛs are said to rejoice there, and the mention of vegetation underscores abundance and life, marking the place/occasion as spiritually and cosmically favorable.