Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 13

Śaryāti, Sukanyā, Cyavana Muni, the Aśvinī-kumāras, and Kakudmī-Revatī

Baladeva Marriage

Devanagari script

बाढमित्यूचतुर्विप्रमभिनन्द्य भिषक्तमौ । निमज्जतां भवानस्मिन् ह्रदे सिद्धविनिर्मिते ॥ १३ ॥

Transliteration

bāḍham ity ūcatur vipram abhinandya bhiṣaktamau nimajjatāṁ bhavān asmin hrade siddha-vinirmite

Translation

Die großen Ärzte, die Aśvinī-kumāras, nahmen den Vorschlag des Muni freudig an und sagten zum Brāhmaṇa: „Tauche in diesen von den Siddhas geschaffenen See ein.“

Synonyms

• बाढम्: certainly/so be it
• बाढम्: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाढम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), अनुमतिवाचक (assent)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक निपात (quotative particle)

• ऊचतुः: the two said
• ऊचतुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• विप्रम्: the brāhmaṇa (sage)
• विप्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अभिनन्द्य: having praised/approved
• अभिनन्द्य: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-नन्द् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having congratulated/approved’

• भिषक्तमौ: the two best physicians (Aśvins)
• भिषक्तमौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषक् + तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; ‘श्रेष्ठौ भिषजौ’ (two excellent physicians)

• निमज्जताम्: you two should immerse
• निमज्जताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), द्विवचन; आत्मनेपद; आज्ञार्थ (command)

• भवान्: you (sir)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता; addressee as agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आदरार्थ (honorific 2nd person)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘ह्रदे’

• ह्रदे: in the lake
• ह्रदे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सिद्धविनिर्मिते: made by siddhas
• सिद्धविनिर्मिते: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध + विनिर्मित (धातु: वि-निर्मा/निर्मि + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण of ‘ह्रदे’

Characters & Entities

• Aśvinī-kumāras
• Dadhīci (the brāhmaṇa sage)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about the Aśvinī-kumāras as divine physicians?

This verse portrays the Aśvinī-kumāras as supremely skilled healers who respectfully guide a brāhmaṇa sage to a Siddha-created lake for a transformative cure.

Why did the Aśvinī-kumāras tell the brāhmaṇa to immerse in a Siddha-made lake?

Within the narrative, immersion in the Siddha-fashioned lake is presented as the practical means for completing the healing or transformation they are arranging for the sage.

Practical application of this teaching in modern life?

Seek genuine expertise with humility, and follow the prescribed process faithfully—healing and transformation often require both right guidance and disciplined action.