Shloka 19

Pilgrimage Itinerary and Merits: Sindhu–Sarasvatī–Ocean Confluences and Named Tīrthas

Devanagari script

तर्पयित्वा पितॄन्देवानृषींश्च भरतर्षभ । प्राप्नोति वारुणं लोकं दीप्यमानः स्वतेजसा

Transliteration

tarpayitvā pitṝndevānṛṣīṃśca bharatarṣabha | prāpnoti vāruṇaṃ lokaṃ dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā

Translation

హే భరతశ్రేష్ఠా! పితృదేవతలను, దేవులను, ఋషులను తర్పణం చేసి, తన స్వతేజస్సుతో ప్రకాశిస్తూ వరుణలోకాన్ని పొందుతాడు.

Word by Word

• तर्पयित्वा: having satisfied (offered libations to)
• तर्पयित्वा: Kriya (क्रिया) — पूर्वक्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) (तर्पयति, णिच् causative) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातु (Causative) + क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ऋषीन्: the sages
• ऋषीन्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Nipata (निपात) — समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• भरतर्षभ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) (आप्नोति)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• वारुणम्: of Varuṇa / Varuṇa’s
• वारुणम्: Karma (कर्म) — विशेषणरूपेण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier) ‘लोकम्’

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दीप्यमानः: shining
• दीप्यमानः: Karta (कर्ता) — विशेषणरूपेण
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीप् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त, वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (Present active participle, शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि प्रयोग

• स्व-तेजसा: by his own radiance
• स्व-तेजसा: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); ‘स्व’ इति सर्वनाम-विशेषणपूर्वपद

Speaker

Not explicitly stated in the provided excerpt (context likely a narrator/teacher addressing a Bharata descendant).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: पितॄन्देवानृषींश्च = पितॄन् + देवान् + ऋषीन् + च; स्वतेजसा = स्व + तेजसा

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (Ancestors)
• Devas (Gods)
• Ṛṣis (Sages)
• Varuṇa

FAQs

What practice is emphasized in this verse?

The verse emphasizes tarpaṇa—ritual satisfaction/propitiation—offered to three recipients: ancestors (pitṛs), gods (devas), and sages (ṛṣis).

What is the फल (result) promised by the verse?

It states that the practitioner attains Vāruṇa-loka, the realm associated with Varuṇa, and is described as radiant through one’s own tejas (inner splendor).

What ethical or spiritual lesson does the verse convey?

It teaches reciprocity and gratitude: honoring lineage (ancestors), cosmic order (gods), and wisdom traditions (sages) is portrayed as a meritorious act that elevates one’s destiny and inner luminosity.