Shloka 9

Tīrtha-yātrā: Prayāga-saṅgama and Gayaśiras—Rājarṣi Gaya’s Mahāyajña

Devanagari script

भरतस्य च वीरस्य सार्वभौमस्य पार्थिव । ध्रुव॑ प्राप्स्यसि दुष्प्रापाललोकांस्तीर्थपरिप्लुत:,'भूपाल! भरतनन्दन! आप भी तीर्थोमें नहाकर राजा कार्तवीर्य अर्जुन, राजर्षि अष्टक, लोमपाद और भूमण्डलमें सर्वत्र विदित सम्राट्‌ वीरवर भरतको मिलनेवाले दुर्लभ लोकोंको अवश्य प्राप्त कर लेंगे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: bharatasya ca vīrasya sārvabhaumasya pārthiva, dhruvaṁ prāpsyasi duṣprāpān lokāṁs tīrtha-pariplutaḥ.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Tâu đại vương, bệ hạ cũng vậy—được thanh tịnh nhờ tắm tại các tīrtha—ắt sẽ đạt đến những cõi giới khó được mà đế vương anh hùng Bharata, bậc quân vương tối thượng, đã giành lấy. Công đức hành hương, khi được thực hiện với kỷ luật và lòng tôn kính, sẽ dẫn người ta đến những định mệnh cao cả mà các bậc chính trực thuở xưa đã đạt.”

Word by Word

• भरतस्य: of Bharata
• भरतस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वीरस्य: of the hero/valiant one
• वीरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सार्वभौमस्य: of the universal sovereign
• सार्वभौमस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सार्वभौम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• ध्रुवम्: surely, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव

• प्राप्स्यसि: you will attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुष्प्रापान्: hard-to-attain
• दुष्प्रापान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्प्राप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तीर्थपरिप्लुतः: bathed/immersed by (visiting) tīrthas; having performed tīrtha-baths
• तीर्थपरिप्लुतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ-परि-प्लुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharata

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pilgrimage and ritual purification, when aligned with dharma, are portrayed as powerful means of accruing merit that can lead to exalted posthumous realms—comparable to those attained by exemplary righteous kings like Bharata.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a king and assures him that, having bathed at sacred tīrthas, he will certainly attain the difficult-to-reach worlds associated with the great emperor Bharata—affirming the spiritual efficacy of the tīrtha-journey.