Shloka 59

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

नित्यमावसथं राजन्‌ नरनारीसमावृतम्‌ | ऋषिरेवं महाभागस्त्वड्िरा प्राह धर्मवित्‌

Transliteration

nityam āvasathaṁ rājan nara-nārī-samāvṛtam | ṛṣir evaṁ mahābhāgas tv aṅgirā prāha dharmavit ||

Translation

ఓ రాజా, ఆ నిత్య నివాసం నరనారులతో చుట్టుముట్టబడి నిండియుండెను. ధర్మవేత్త మహాభాగ ఋషి అంగిరసుడు ఇట్లే పలికెను.

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always, constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• आवसथम्: dwelling, residence, abode
• आवसथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवसथ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरनारीसमावृतम्: surrounded/filled with men and women
• नरनारीसमावृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नर-नारी-समावृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• महाभागः: highly fortunate, illustrious
• महाभागः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वद्विरा: by your hero (i.e., by you, O hero)
• त्वद्विरा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्-विर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्राह: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• धर्मवित्: knower of dharma
• धर्मवित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• King (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Aṅgirā (ṛṣi)