Shloka 109

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

दिलीपः कुरुशार्दूल शास्त्रतत्त्वार्थदर्शनात् । वसिष्ठवचनाच्चैव पृथिवीमनुचक्रमे

Transliteration

dilīpaḥ kuruśārdūla śāstratattvārthadarśanāt | vasiṣṭhavacanāccaiva pṛthivīmanucakrame

Translation

హే కురుశార్దూలా! దిలీపుడు శాస్త్రతత్త్వార్థాన్ని గ్రహించి, వశిష్ఠుని వచనాన్ని అనుసరించి భూమిని పరిభ్రమించాడు।

Word by Word

• dilīpaḥ: Dilīpa
• dilīpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dilīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• kuru-śārdūla: O tiger among the Kurus
• kuru-śārdūla: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuru (प्रातिपदिक) + śārdūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन) Singular (एकवचन); ‘tiger among Kurus’ (श्रेष्ठ-निर्देश)

• śāstra-tattva-artha-darśanāt: from insight into the true meaning of the scriptures
• śāstra-tattva-artha-darśanāt: Hetu (हेतु/ablative of cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + tattva (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी) Singular (एकवचन); multi-member tatpuruṣa: ‘śāstrasya tattvasya arthasya darśanam’ → ‘from (his) understanding/insight into the true meaning of the śāstras’

• vasiṣṭha-vacanāt: from Vasiṣṭha’s instruction
• vasiṣṭha-vacanāt: Hetu (हेतु/cause-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी) Singular (एकवचन); ‘from Vasiṣṭha’s word/instruction’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण-अव्यय)

• pṛthivīm: the earth
• pṛthivīm: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन)

• anucakrame: set out to traverse / went about
• anucakrame: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + kram (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); idiomatic: ‘set out to traverse/follow’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator addressing the listener as 'kuruśārdūla')

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: śāstratattvārthadarśanāt = śāstra-tattva-artha-darśanāt; vasiṣṭhavacanāccaiva = vasiṣṭha-vacanāt + ca + eva; pṛthivīmanucakrame = pṛthivīm + anucakrame.

Characters & Entities

• Dilīpa
• Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

What is the main teaching of this verse?

It presents ideal kingship: a ruler acts after understanding the scriptures’ true intent and by heeding the guidance of a qualified guru (Vasiṣṭha).

Why is the listener addressed as 'kuruśārdūla'?

It is an honorific epithet—“tiger among the Kurus”—used by the narrator to praise and address the interlocutor in a heroic lineage.

What ethical lesson does Dilīpa’s action convey?

That right action is grounded in both śāstric discernment (tattva-artha) and humility toward wise counsel, rather than mere personal impulse.