Shloka 26

Devanagari script

गड़ाया: सूतविषयं चम्पामनुययौ पुरीम्‌ । स मज्जूषागतो गर्भस्तरज़ैरुह्ममानक:

Transliteration

Gaṅgāyāḥ sūtaviṣayaṃ Campām anuyayau purīm | sa majjūṣā-gato garbhas tarajair ūhya-mānakaḥ ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—গংগাৰ সোঁত অনুসৰি, মঞ্জূষাত থোৱা গৰ্ভস্থ শিশুটি ঢৌ-তৰংগত বহি সূতদেশৰ চম্পা নগৰীত গৈ উপস্থিত হ’ল।

Word by Word

• गङ्गायाः: of the Ganga
• गङ्गायाः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• सूत-विषयम्: the land/region of the Sūtas
• सूत-विषयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतविषय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चम्पाम्: Champā (city)
• चम्पाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुययौ: followed / went after
• अनुययौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• पुरीम्: the city
• पुरीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मज्जूषा-गतः: having gone into a casket/box
• मज्जूषा-गतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मज्जूषागत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गर्भः: the embryo/child
• गर्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तरङ्गैः: by the waves
• तरङ्गैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• उह्यमानः: being carried (along)
• उह्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वह्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Gaṅgā
• Sūtas
• Campā
• majjūṣā (casket/box)
• garbha (child in the womb)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical demand to protect the helpless: even when a life is cast away, it may be preserved by forces beyond human control, and those who encounter it are implicitly called to compassion and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

A child in the womb, placed inside a casket, is carried by the Gaṅgā’s waves and reaches Campā, a city in the Sūtas’ territory, setting up the next events involving discovery and care.