Shloka 36

Viśvāmitra-janma: Ṛcīka–Satyavatī–Gādhi and the Charu Exchange (विश्वामित्र-जन्म: ऋचीक–सत्यवती–गाधि वृत्तान्तः)

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा गर्भगनुप्राप्तां भार्या स च महानृषि: । उवाच तां सत्यवतीं दुर्मना भृगुसत्तम:

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā garbhaganūprāptāṃ bhāryāṃ sa ca mahānṛṣiḥ | uvāca tāṃ satyavatīṃ durmanā bhṛgusattamaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: Als er sah, dass seine Gattin schwanger geworden war, redete jener große Weise—der Vornehmste unter den Bhṛgus—mit bekümmertem Herzen zu Satyavatī. Der Augenblick birgt eine moralische Spannung: Der Anblick der nahenden Geburt wird zum Anlass eines ernsten, pflichtbeladenen Gesprächs, in dem persönliches Empfinden und die Forderungen des Dharma aufeinanderzuprallen drohen.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• गर्भगम्: pregnant
• गर्भगम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्भग
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुप्राप्ताम्: having attained/come to (a state)
• अनुप्राप्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुप्राप्त
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, कृदन्त (past passive participle) from अनु-√प्राप्

• भार्याम्: wife
• भार्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋषिः: sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सत्यवतीम्: Satyavatī
• सत्यवतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दुर्मनाः: sad, distressed
• दुर्मनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्मनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भृगुसत्तमः: the best of the Bhṛgus
• भृगुसत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Satyavatī
• Bhṛgusattama (foremost Bhṛgu sage)
• bhāryā (wife)
• garbha (pregnancy)