Shloka 10

The Greatness of the Hymn to Tulasī

Devanagari script

तीर्थयात्रादिगमनैः फलैः सिध्यति किन्नरः । स्नाने दाने तथा ध्याने प्राशने केशवार्चने

Transliteration

tīrthayātrādigamanaiḥ phalaiḥ sidhyati kinnaraḥ | snāne dāne tathā dhyāne prāśane keśavārcane

Translation

Nhờ thực hành hành hương và những cuộc du hành tương tự cùng phước quả phát sinh, ngay cả một kinnara cũng đạt thành tựu tâm linh—qua tắm gội thiêng, bố thí, thiền định, thọ dùng prasāda, và phụng thờ Keśava (Viṣṇu).

Word by Word

• तीर्थ-यात्रा-आदि-गमनैः: by pilgrimages and other journeys
• तीर्थ-यात्रा-आदि-गमनैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-तत्पुरुष/बहुपद-समास: ‘तीर्थयात्रा-आदि (इत्यादि) गमनानि’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग ‘गमन’; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• फलैः: by fruits/results
• फलैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सिध्यति: is accomplished/succeeds
• सिध्यति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• किन्नरः: a Kinnara (celestial being)
• किन्नरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्नाने: in bathing
• स्नाने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘स्नाने (कर्मणि/विषये)’

• दाने: in giving (charity)
• दाने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यत्व (and likewise)

• ध्याने: in meditation
• ध्याने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• प्राशने: in partaking (food)
• प्राशने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘प्राशन’ = eating/tasting (esp. consecrated)

• केशव-अर्चने: in worship of Keśava
• केशव-अर्चने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘केशवस्य अर्चनम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग ‘अर्चन’; सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context not provided for dialogue attribution)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: तीर्थयात्रादिगमनैः → तीर्थ-यात्रा-आदि-गमनैः; केशवार्चने → केशव-अर्चने.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• Kinnara

FAQs

What does this verse teach about the value of tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage)?

It presents pilgrimage as a merit-generating discipline whose “fruits” support spiritual attainment, especially when paired with core practices like bathing at sacred places, charity, meditation, and worship.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

By explicitly listing Keśava-arcana (worship of Viṣṇu) among the effective means of spiritual accomplishment, it frames devotion as central alongside ritual and ethical disciplines.

What is the ethical lesson highlighted here?

The verse links spiritual progress to ethical and inner disciplines—particularly dāna (generosity) and dhyāna (meditative focus)—not merely to travel or external rites.