Shloka 10

Devanagari script

कृताभिषेकैर्विद्वद्धिर्नियतै: सत्पथि स्थितै: । शुशुभे5तीव तदू राजन्‌ गड्जाद्वारं महात्मभि:,गंगाके तटपर जब अलग-अलग अग्नियाँ प्रज्वलित हो गयीं और सन्मार्गमें स्थित एवं मन-इन्द्रियोंको वशमें रखनेवाले विद्वान्‌ ब्राह्मणलोग स्नान करके फूलोंके उपहार चढ़ाकर जब पूर्वोक्त अग्नियोंमें आहुति दे चुके, तब उन महात्माओंके द्वारा उस गंगाद्वार नामक तीर्थकी शोभा बहुत बढ़ गयी

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: kṛtābhiṣekair vidvadbhir niyataiḥ satpathi sthitaiḥ | śuśubhe 'tīva tadā rājan gaṅgādvāraṁ mahātmabhiḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：大王啊，当时恒河门（Gaṅgādvāra）光彩夺目，因诸位大心之士而倍增庄严——他们博学而自律，已行净浴与灌顶等仪式，坚定安住于正法之道。此景昭示：自制与如法的仪轨，若与学识与德行相合，便能使圣地更为华美，并提升众人的灵性氛围。

Word by Word

कृताभिषेकैःby those who had performed ablution/rite of bathing

विद्वद्भिःby learned men

नियतैःby disciplined/self-controlled (ones)

सत्पथिon the good path

स्थितैःby those who were abiding/standing

शुशुभेshone; became splendid

अतीवexceedingly

तत्that

ऊindeed (emphatic particle)

राजन्O king

गङ्गाद्वारम्Gangadvara (name of the sacred place)

महात्मभिःby great-souled men

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

rājan (the king addressed, i.e., Janamejaya in context)

Gaṅgādvāra (tīrtha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that a sacred place becomes truly radiant through the presence of disciplined, learned people who adhere to satpatha (the righteous path). Ethical self-restraint (niyama) and right conduct are presented as the real adornment of a tīrtha.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a scene at the tīrtha called Gaṅgādvāra: learned and self-controlled great-souled men have completed their ritual bathing and observances, and their righteous presence makes the place shine with exceptional splendor.