Shloka 23

सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा

Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

अन्यास्तु बहुला गावस्त्रित: समुपलप्स्यते । तदावां सहितौ भूत्वा गा: प्रकाल्य व्रजावहे

Transliteration

anyāstu bahulā gāvas tritaḥ samupalapsyate | tadāvāṃ sahitau bhūtvā gāḥ prakālya vrajāvahe ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “อีกสามวัน ณ ที่นั้นจะพบโคอื่น ๆ อีกเป็นอันมาก ดังนั้นเราสองคนจงไปด้วยกัน ขับฝูงโคนี้ไปข้างหน้า แล้วมุ่งสู่คอกโคเถิด”

Word by Word

• अन्याः: other
• अन्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• बहुलाः: many/abundant
• बहुलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रितः: threefold / in three ways
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि

• समुपलप्स्यते: will be obtained/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उप + लभ्
• Form: Future (Simple Future), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

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

• आवाम्: we two
• आवाम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (द्विवचनम्)
• Form: —, Nominative, Dual

• सहितौ: together
• सहितौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भूत्वा: having become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada (non-finite)

• गाः: cows
• गाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रकाल्य: having driven/urged on
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कल्
• Form: Absolutive (ल्यप्), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada (non-finite)

• व्रजावहे: let us two go
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 1st, Dual, Atmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• cows (gāvaḥ/gāḥ)
• vraja (cattle-pen/cowherd settlement)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights practical prudence and cooperative action: waiting for the right time to secure resources, and proceeding together to accomplish a task responsibly.

What is happening in the narrative?

A plan is stated: more cattle will be available after three days, so the two speakers should go together, drive the cows along, and take them to the cattle-pen/settlement.