Shloka 24

Vaitaraṇī-tīrtha and the Devayāna Path

Kaliṅga Episode

Devanagari script

सैषा सागरमासाद्य राजन्‌ वेदी समाश्रिता | एतामारुहा[ भद्रें ते त्वमेकस्तर सागरम्‌,युधिष्ठिर! वही यह वेदीस्वरूपा पृथ्वी समुद्रका आश्रय लेकर स्थित है; तुम्हारा कल्याण हो। तुम अकेले ही इसपर चढ़कर समुद्रको पार करो

Transliteration

saiṣā sāgaram āsādya rājan vedī samāśritā | etām āruhya bhadraṁ te tvam ekaḥ tara sāgaram ||

Translation

Wika ni Lomaśa: “O hari, ang lupang ito—na wari’y isang banal na vedi—ay nakarating na sa karagatan at ngayo’y nakapatong dito. Nawa’y pagpalain ka. Yudhiṣṭhira, umakyat ka rito at mag-isa mong tawirin ang dagat.”

Word by Word

• सा: she/that (f.)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एषा: this (f.)
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सागरम्: ocean/sea
• सागरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वेदी: altar; (here) altar-like platform
• वेदी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• समाश्रिता: having resorted to; resting upon
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√श्रि
• Form: Kta (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एताम्: this (f., acc.)
• एताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आरुह्य: having mounted/climbed
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√रुह्
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• भद्रम्: good fortune; auspiciousness
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you/for you; your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Second, Dative/Genitive, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Second, Nominative, Singular

• एकः: alone; single
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तर: cross! (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (तरति)
• Form: Lot (imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सागरम्: the ocean
• सागरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

लोमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• sāgara (ocean/sea)
• vedī (altar/platform)
• pṛthivī (earth, implied by vedī as ‘earth in altar-form’)