Shloka 25

धृतराष्ट्राश्रमगमनम् — The Pandavas’ Procession to Dhritarashtra’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

अथ पुण्यं गिरिवरमस्तम भ्यगमद्‌ रवि: । ततः कृताभिषेकास्ते नैशं कर्म समाचरन्‌,तदनन्तर सूर्यदेव परम पवित्र अस्ताचलको जा पहुँचे। उस समय सब लोग स्नान करके सायंकालोचित संध्यावन्दन आदि कर्म करने लगे

Transliteration

atha puṇyaṃ girivaram astaṃ abhyagamad raviḥ | tataḥ kṛtābhiṣekās te naiśaṃ karma samācaran ||

Translation

پھر سورج دیوتا پاکیزہ اور برتر پہاڑ کے پیچھے غروب ہو گیا۔ اس کے بعد سب نے غسل کر کے طہارت حاصل کی اور رات کے مناسب اعمال—شام کی سندھیہ وندن وغیرہ—ادا کرنے لگے॥

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पुण्यम्: holy, sacred
• पुण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गिरिवरम्: the best of mountains
• गिरिवरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिवर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्तम्: setting (west), sunset
• अस्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यगमत्: went to, approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रविः: the sun
• रविः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कृताभिषेकाः: having performed bathing/ablution (after bath)
• कृताभिषेकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृताभिषेक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नैशम्: evening (pertaining to night)
• नैशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नैश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्म: rite, duty
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समाचरन्: performed, carried out
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Ravi (Sūrya, the Sun)
• girivara (a holy mountain; astācala implied as the western mountain of sunset)