Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अगस्त्यतीर्थ सौभद्रं पौलोम॑ च सुपावनम्‌ | कारन्धमं प्रसन्नं च हयमेधफलं च तत्‌,उनके नाम इस प्रकार हैं--अगस्त्यतीर्थ, सौभद्र-तीर्थ, परम पावन पौलोमतीर्थ, अश्वमेध यज्ञका फल देनेवाला स्वच्छ कारन्धमतीर्थ तथा पापनाशक महान्‌ भारद्वाजतीर्थ। कुरुश्रेष्ठ अर्जुनने इन पाँचों तीर्थोका दर्शन किया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Agastyatīrthaṃ Saubhadraṃ Paulomaṃ ca supāvanam | Kārandhamaṃ prasannaṃ ca hayamedhaphalaṃ ca tat |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“（阿周那瞻礼了）阿伽斯提耶圣渡、娑乌婆陀罗圣渡，以及至为净化的保罗摩圣渡；又见迦兰陀摩圣渡，水色澄明、气象安宁，素以能赐予马祭（Aśvamedha）之果报而闻名。”此段强调一种伦理理想：朝圣与恭敬亲近圣地，乃内在净化与积累功德之途，使人的行持与达摩相契。

Word by Word

• {'Vaiśampāyana uvāca': 'Vaiśampāyana said', 'tīrtha': 'ford

• pilgrimage site', 'Agastya-tīrtha': 'the sacred place associated with the sage Agastya', 'Saubhadra(-tīrtha)': 'a tīrtha named Saubhadra (traditionally connected with auspiciousness/‘of Subhadrā’ depending on context)', 'Pauloma(-tīrtha)': 'a tīrtha associated with Paulomā/Pauloma lineage

• described as highly purifying', 'supāvana': 'very purifying

• sanctifying', 'Kārandhama(-tīrtha)': 'a tīrtha named Kārandhama', 'prasanna': 'clear, tranquil, serene

• also ‘pleased’', 'hayamedha': 'Aśvamedha

• the horse-sacrifice', 'phala': 'fruit

• merit', 'tat': 'that (referring to the aforementioned/that place or merit)'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Agastya-tīrtha
• Saubhadra-tīrtha
• Pauloma-tīrtha
• Kārandhama-tīrtha
• Aśvamedha (Hayamedha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights tīrtha-darśana (visiting sacred fords) as a dharmic practice that purifies and yields merit, even being spoken of in terms comparable to great sacrificial results (like the Aśvamedha).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana enumerates a sequence of holy places encountered in the course of a pilgrimage narrative, naming several tīrthas and characterizing one as granting the fruit of the horse-sacrifice.