Shloka 36
Devanagari script
तं तु क्रुद्धमभिप्रेक्ष्य ब्रह्मवध्याभयान्नदी । अपोवाह वसिष् तु प्राचीं दिशमतन्द्रिता
Transliteration
taṃ tu kruddham abhiprekṣya brahmavadhyābhayān nadī | apovāha vasiṣṭhaḥ tu prācīṃ diśam atandritā ||
Translation
তাঁকে ক্রুদ্ধ দেখে নদী (সরস্বতী) ব্রাহ্মণহত্যার পাপের ভয়ে সতর্ক হয়ে বশিষ্ঠকে পূর্বদিকে ভাসিয়ে নিয়ে গেল।
Word by Word
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
क्रुद्धम्angry
क्रुद्धम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुध् (क्त)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अभिप्रेक्ष्यhaving looked at/seeing
अभिप्रेक्ष्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-प्रेक्ष् (ल्यप्)
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada (contextual)
ब्रह्मवध्याभयात्from fear of brahma-slaying (sin)
ब्रह्मवध्याभयात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मवध्या-भय
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
नदीthe river
नदी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनदी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अपोवाहcarried away/removed
अपोवाह:
TypeVerb
Rootअप-उह्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
वसिष्ठम्Vasiṣṭha
वसिष्ठम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootवसिष्ठ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तुindeed/but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
प्राचीम्eastern
प्राचीम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राची
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
दिशम्direction
दिशम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदिश्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अतन्द्रिताunwearied/untiring
अतन्द्रिता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअतन्द्रित
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VasiṣṭhaN
nadī (the river)P
prācī diś (the eastern direction)B
brahmavadhya/brahmahatyā (the sin of Brahmin-slaying)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the gravity of brahmahatyā (Brahmin-slaying) as a paramount ethical transgression: even a river, personified as a moral agent, avoids becoming the instrument of such adharma and instead acts to prevent it.
Someone is seen in a state of anger; fearing the consequence of Brahmin-slaying, the river quickly carries the sage Vasiṣṭha away toward the east, protecting him and averting a grievous wrongdoing.