Shloka 22

Asita Devala Observes Jaigīṣavya’s Yogic Attainment and Chooses Mokṣa-dharma (देवल-जैगीषव्योपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

तत्र हत्वा पुरा विष्णुरसुरी मधुकैटभौ । आप्लुत्य भरतश्रेष्ठ तीर्थप्रवर उत्तमे

Transliteration

tatra hatvā purā viṣṇur asurī madhukaiṭabhau | āplutya bharataśreṣṭha tīrthapravara uttame ||

Translation

在那里，久远以前，毗湿奴诛杀了两位阿修罗——摩度与凯塔婆；随后在那至上、最胜的圣渡口沐浴——噢，婆罗多族中最卓越者——（由此得以净化并蒙受神圣）。

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable; prior action

• पुरा: formerly, once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा
• Form: indeclinable (temporal adverb)

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• असुरी: demonic (female)
• असुरी: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असुरी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• मधुकैटभौ: Madhu and Kaitabha
• मधुकैटभौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुकैटभ
• Form: masculine, accusative, dual

• आप्लुत्य: having plunged/bathed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्लु
• Form: absolutive (ल्यप्), indeclinable; prior action

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• भरतश्रेष्ठ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• तीर्थप्रवरे: in the foremost sacred ford
• तीर्थप्रवरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-प्रवर
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• उत्तमे: excellent, best
• उत्तमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Viṣṇu
• Madhu
• Kaiṭabha
• tīrtha (sacred ford/pilgrimage spot)
• Bharata (dynastic epithet)