Shloka 24

Narmadā Pilgrimage Itinerary: Sequence of Tīrthas, Rites, and Fruits

Devanagari script

चरुमेकं तु यो दद्यात्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नराधिप । पायसं मधुसंयुक्तं भक्ष्याणि विविधानि च

Transliteration

carumekaṃ tu yo dadyāttasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa | pāyasaṃ madhusaṃyuktaṃ bhakṣyāṇi vividhāni ca

Translation

اے بادشاہ! جو اُس تیرتھ میں یَجْن کی چاولی کھیر (چَرو) کا ایک نذرانہ دے، اور شہد ملی کھیر (پایسَم) اور طرح طرح کے لذیذ کھانے بھی پیش کرے۔

Word by Word

• चरुम्: a sacrificial porridge (caru)
• चरुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular (agreeing with चरुम्)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थक — emphatic particle

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative Singular

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — should give

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative Singular

• तीर्थे: at the pilgrimage place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative Singular

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative Singular; समास: नर-अधिप (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पायसम्: rice pudding
• पायसम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular

• मधुसंयुक्तम्: mixed with honey
• मधुसंयुक्तम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular (agreeing with पायसम्); समास: मधु-संयुक्त (तत्पुरुष)

• भक्ष्याणि: edibles, foods
• भक्ष्याणि: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — Accusative Plural

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — Accusative Plural (agreeing with भक्ष्याणि)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction (and)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator addressing a king: 'narādhipa')

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: दद्यात्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे = दद्यात् + तस्मिन् + तीर्थे (त् + त → त्त; न् + त → ंस्).

FAQs

What is being prescribed in this verse?

It recommends making food-offerings at a specific tirtha: a charu (cooked sacrificial rice offering), sweet rice (pāyasa) mixed with honey, and assorted delicacies.

What is the religious significance of offering food at a tirtha?

In Purāṇic practice, gifts and offerings at tirthas are treated as high-merit actions (puṇya), combining charity, hospitality, and ritual devotion in a sanctified location.

What ethical lesson does the verse convey?

It highlights generosity and reverence—using one’s resources to offer nourishing food in a sacred context, reinforcing dana (giving) as a virtuous discipline.