Shloka 47

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

सागरोर्मिप्रतीकाशं लभेद्‌ यानमनुत्तमम्‌ | विचित्रमणिमालाभिननदितं शंखनि:स्वनै:

Transliteration

sāgarormipratīkāśaṁ labhed yānamanuttamam | vicitramaṇimālābhinanaditaṁ śaṅkhaniḥsvanaiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Man erlangt ein unvergleichliches Gefährt, glänzend wie die Wogen des Ozeans, klangvoll durch Schnüre vielfarbiger Edelsteine und durch das widerhallende Tönen der Muschelhörner.“

Word by Word

• सागर-ऊर्मि-प्रतीकाशम्: resembling the waves of the ocean
• सागर-ऊर्मि-प्रतीकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागर + ऊर्मि + प्रतीकाश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभेत्: would obtain / should obtain
• लभेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यानम्: vehicle, conveyance
• यानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विचित्र-मणि-माला-अभिननदितम्: made resonant/joyous by garlands of variegated gems
• विचित्र-मणि-माला-अभिननदितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र + मणि + माला + अभिननदित (√नन्द्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शंख-निःस्वनैः: with the sounds of conches
• शंख-निःस्वनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख + निःस्वन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• yāna (conveyance/vehicle)
• ocean (sāgara)
• conch (śaṅkha)
• jewel-garlands (maṇimālā)