Shloka 107

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

उषित्वा रजनीं तत्र माधव: परवीरहा । पूज्य तीर्थवरं तच्च स्पृष्टवा तोयं च लाड़ली

Transliteration

uṣitvā rajanīṃ tatra mādhavaḥ paravīrahā | pūjya tīrthavaraṃ tacca spṛṣṭvā toyaṃ ca lāḍalī ||

Translation

ครั้นประทับค้างคืน ณ ที่นั้นแล้ว มาธวะผู้ปราบวีรชนฝ่ายศัตรูได้ถวายความเคารพแก่ท่าน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันประเสริฐนั้น; แล้วเมื่อได้สัมผัสสายน้ำแล้ว จึงเสด็จดำเนินต่อไป.

Word by Word

उषित्वाhaving stayed/dwelt

रजनीम्night

तत्रthere

माधवःMādhava (Krishna)

परवीरहाslayer of enemy-heroes

पूज्यworthy of worship; to be worshipped

तीर्थवरम्the best sacred ford/place of pilgrimage

तत्that

चand

स्पृष्ट्वाhaving touched

तोयम्water

चand

लाड़लीunclear reading; possibly 'beloved/cherished' or a corrupted form

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)

tīrtha (sacred ford/pilgrimage place)

toya (water)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a martial context, one should uphold dharma through reverence for sacred places and inner purification; ritual respect functions as ethical re-centering before action.

What is happening in the narrative?

After spending the night at a location, Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) honors a renowned tīrtha and touches its water as an act of reverence/purification, then continues his journey.