Shloka 2

Agastya–Lopāmudrā: Marriage, Austerity, and Conditions for Conjugal Union (लोमशकथितम्)

Devanagari script

ततसस्‍्तीर्थेषु पुण्येषु गोमत्या: पाण्डवा नृप । कृताभिषेका: प्रददुर्गाश्च॒ वित्त च भारत,भरतनन्दन! नरेश्वर! तदनन्तर गोमतीके पुण्य तीर्थोमें स्नान करके पाण्डवोंने वहाँ गोदान और धनदान किया

Transliteration

tatas tīrtheṣu puṇyeṣu gomatyaḥ pāṇḍavā nṛpa | kṛtābhiṣekāḥ pradadur gāś ca vittaṃ ca bhārata ||

Translation

于是，王啊，般度五子在戈摩提河诸圣渡口沐浴，并依仪轨行净礼之后，便在彼处施舍——施牛与财宝，婆罗多啊。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तीर्थेषुin/at the sacred fords (pilgrimage places)

पुण्येषुholy, meritorious

गोमत्याःof (the river) Gomati

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

नृपO king

कृताभिषेकाःhaving performed ablution (bathed/been consecrated)

प्रददुःthey gave, bestowed

गाःcows

चand

वित्तम्wealth, money

चand

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Gomatī (river)

tīrthas (sacred fords/pilgrimage places)

cows (go-dāna)

wealth (vitta)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharma through tīrtha-sevā and dāna: after ritual purification at holy places, one should practice generosity (especially go-dāna and vitta-dāna), sustaining righteousness even during adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that the Pāṇḍavas reach the sacred tīrthas on the river Gomatī, bathe and complete the customary ablutions, and then donate cows and wealth at that place.