Shloka 19

Devanagari script

प्रस्ुतासि महाभागे सरसो ब्रह्मण: पुरा

Transliteration

prasūtāsi mahābhāge saraso brahmaṇaḥ purā | saritāṃ śreṣṭhe sarasvati kaṭhora-vrata-pālināḥ munayas tava mahimānaṃ viduḥ | priya-darśane tvaṃ sadā mama api priyaṃ karoti | ataḥ vara-varṇini ayaṃ loka-bhāvanaḥ mahān putras tavaiva nāmnā “sārasvata” iti khyātiṃ gamiṣyati ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «يا صاحبةَ الحظِّ العظيم، لقد ظهرتِ في الأزمنة الأولى من بحيرةِ براهما. يا سَرَسْوَتِي، يا خيرَ الأنهار، إنّ المونِيَ ذوي النذور الشديدة يعرفون عظمتك. يا جميلةَ الطلعة، لقد كنتِ أيضًا على الدوام صانعةَ الخير لي. فلذلك، يا حسنةَ اللون، فإنّ هذا الابنَ العظيم—الذي يهبُ العالمَ صلاحًا—سيُعرَف باسمكِ أنتِ ويُدعى: “سارَسْوَتَا”.»

Word by Word

• प्रसूतासि: you were born/you have arisen
• प्रसूतासि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसू (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• असि: you are
• असि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाभागे: O greatly fortunate one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• सरसः: from the lake
• सरसः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुरा: formerly/once
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Brahmā
• Sarasvatī
• Sārasvata (son/descendant named after Sarasvatī)
• muni (sages)
• Brahmā’s lake (sarasaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links spiritual greatness with recognized austerity and sacred origin: Sarasvatī’s sanctity is affirmed by sages, and the act of naming a beneficent son after her underscores how identity and renown are grounded in revered sources and virtues.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana praises Sarasvatī, recalling her emergence from Brahmā’s lake and her esteem among ascetic sages, and declares that a great, world-benefiting son will be known by her name as ‘Sārasvata.’