Shloka 119

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मादिभि: सुरै राजन्नषिभिश्न तपोधनै: । विज्ञप्तो वै महादेव ऋषेरथ नराधिप,राजन! नरेश्वर! उस समय ब्रह्मा आदि देवता तथा तपोधन महर्षिगण--सबने मंकणक मुनिके विषयमें महादेवजीसे निवेदन किया--

Transliteration

brahmādibhiḥ surai rājann ṛṣibhiś ca tapodhanaiḥ | vijñapto vai mahādeva ṛṣer atha narādhipa ||

Translation

古拉斯提亚说道：“大王啊，人中之主啊，当时梵天与诸天神，以及以苦行为资粮的苦行仙人们，就那位圣者之事，郑重向大自在天（摩诃提婆）陈情祈请。”

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मादिभिः: by Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्मादिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मादि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ऋषिभिः: by the sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तपोधनैः: by the ascetics (whose wealth is austerity)
• तपोधनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विज्ञप्तः: was informed/requested
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋषेः: of the sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• नराधिप: O lord of men (king)
• नराधिप: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghūlastya
• Brahmā
• the Devas (gods)
• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• the King (listener, addressed as rājan/narādhipa)