Shloka 59

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

Devanagari script

गत्वा च पितर प्राहु: प्रणम्य शिरसा तदा । सोमो वसति नास्मासु तस्मान्न: शरणं भव

Transliteration

gatvā ca pitaraḥ prāhuḥ praṇamya śirasā tadā | somo vasati nāsmāsu tasmān naḥ śaraṇaṃ bhava ||

Translation

వారు తమ తండ్రి దగ్గరకు వెళ్లి, తలవంచి నమస్కరించి ఇలా అన్నారు— “సోముడు మా వద్ద నివసించడు; అందువల్ల మీరు మా శరణు కావాలి।”

Word by Word

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

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

• पितरः: the fathers/ancestors
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राहुः: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+अह्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+नम्
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive)

• शिरसा: with (their) head
• शिरसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• सोमः: Soma (the Moon / Soma deity)
• सोमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसति: dwells/abides
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्मासु: in us/among us
• अस्मासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Locative, Plural

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• नः: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भव: be (become)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• pitṛ (father)
• Soma