Shloka 32

Baka Dālbhya at Avakīrṇa-tīrtha: Rāṣṭra-kṣaya and Release through Prasāda (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 40)

Devanagari script

अददान्मुदितो राजन्‌ पूजयित्वा द्विजोत्तमान्‌ | ययौ राजंस्ततो रामो बकस्याश्रममन्तिकात्‌ । यत्र तेपे तपस्तीव्रं दाल्भ्यो बक इति श्रुति:

Transliteration

adadān mudito rājan pūjayitvā dvijottamān | yayau rājaṃs tato rāmo bakasyāśramam antikāt | yatra tepe tapas tīvraṃ dālbhyō baka iti śrutiḥ ||

Translation

毗耶娑波耶那说道：“大王啊，罗摩欢喜施与诸礼，并依礼敬奉最尊贵的再生者（婆罗门等），随后离开了婆迦仙人住处的近旁。传闻在那地方，达尔毗耶·婆迦曾修行极其严酷的苦行。”

Word by Word

अददात्gave

मुदितःgladdened, delighted

राजन्O king

पूजयित्वाhaving honored

द्विजोत्तमान्the best of the twice-born (brahmins)

ययौwent

राजन्O king

ततःthen, thereafter

रामःRama (Parashurama)

बकस्यof Baka

आश्रमम्hermitage

अन्तिकात्from the vicinity

यत्रwhere

तेपेperformed austerity, did penance

तपःausterity, penance

तीव्रम्severe, intense

दाल्भ्यःDālbhyā (patronymic/descendant of Dalbha)

बकःBaka

इतिthus

श्रुतिःreport, tradition; it is heard

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Rāma (Paraśurāma/Bhārgava Rāma)

Baka (sage)

Dālbhyā Baka

dvijottamāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Baka’s āśrama (hermitage)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes