Mahabharata 3.85.124 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 85, Shloka 124

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

मयापि सह धर्मज्ञ तीर्थान्यितान्यनुक्रमात्‌ । प्राप्स्यसे महतीं कीर्ति यथा राजा महाभिष:

Transliteration

mayāpi saha dharmajña tīrthāny etāny anukramāt | prāpsyase mahatīṃ kīrtiṃ yathā rājā mahābhiṣaḥ ||

Translation

నారదుడు పలికెను—ధర్మజ్ఞా! నేనూ నీతో పాటు వస్తాను. ఈ తీర్థాలను క్రమంగా దర్శించుచూ నీవు ప్రాచీన రాజు మహాభిషుడివలె మహత్తర కీర్తిని పొందుదువు.

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• धर्मज्ञ: O knower of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तीर्थानि: holy places/pilgrimage sites
• तीर्थानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• इतानि: these (aforementioned)
• इतानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदं
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अनुक्रमात्: in due order/according to sequence
• अनुक्रमात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुक्रम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• प्राप्स्यसे: you will attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), मध्यम, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• महतीम्: great
• महतीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कीर्तिम्: fame/glory
• कीर्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यथा: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाभिषः: Mahābhiṣa (proper name)
• महाभिषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभिष
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• धर्मज्ञ: O knower of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mahābhiṣa
• tīrthas (pilgrimage sites)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is strengthened through disciplined, orderly pilgrimage undertaken with right intention and guidance; such conduct yields lasting kīrti (honorable renown), exemplified by earlier righteous kings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada promises to accompany the addressee on a tīrtha-yātrā and assures him that, by visiting the listed sacred places in sequence, he will gain great fame like the ancient king Mahābhiṣa.