Shloka 3

Devanagari script

स भवान्‌ परम॑ वेद पावन पुरुषं प्रति । तेन संयोजयेथास्त्वं तीर्थपुण्येन पाण्डवान्‌,“पुरुषको पवित्र बनानेवाला जो उत्तम साधन है, उसे आप जानते हैं। अतः आप पाण्डवोंको तीर्थयात्रा-जनित पुण्यसे सम्पन्न कीजिये

Transliteration

sa bhavān paramaṁ veda pāvanaṁ puruṣaṁ prati | tena saṁyojayethās tvaṁ tīrtha-puṇyena pāṇḍavān ||

Translation

పురుషుని పవిత్రునిగా చేయు పరమ ఉపాయమును నీవు బాగా ఎరుగుదువు. కనుక తీర్థయాత్రాజన్యమైన పుణ్యంతో పాండవులను సంయోగింపజేయుము.

Word by Word

सःhe

भवान्you (honorific)

परम्well, thoroughly, excellently

वेदknows

पावनम्purifying

पुरुषम्the Person (man; supreme person)

प्रतिtowards, with regard to

तेनby that, with that

संयोजयेथाःyou should unite / cause to obtain

त्वम्you

तीर्थपुण्येनby the merit of pilgrimage (tirtha-merit)

पाण्डवान्the Pandavas

Speaker

लोमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa

Pāṇḍavas

tīrtha (pilgrimage sites)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purification and moral strengthening are achieved through recognized sacred means; here, pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) and the merit it generates are presented as a practical discipline to cleanse and fortify the Pāṇḍavas during hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa addresses a revered interlocutor (contextually, a senior guide/authority) and urges him to help the Pāṇḍavas gain the spiritual merit of visiting holy places, framing pilgrimage as a purposeful response to their exile.