Shloka 20

Go-mahātmyam: Pavitrāṇāṃ Pavitraṃ

Cows and Ghee as Supreme Purifiers

Devanagari script

स वत्समुखविश्रष्टो भवस्य भुवि तिष्ठत: । शिरस्यवाप तत्‌ क्रुद्ध: स तदैक्षत च प्रभु:

Transliteration

sa vatsamukha-viśraṣṭo bhavasya bhuvi tiṣṭhataḥ | śirasy avāpa tat kruddhaḥ sa tadaikṣata ca prabhuḥ ||

Translation

Dann, als Bhava (Śiva) auf Erden stand, fiel jenes—aus dem Maul des Kalbes herausgerutscht—auf Bhavas Haupt. Darüber erzürnt, blickte der Herr (Bhava) sogleich darauf, bereit zu erwidern.

Word by Word

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

• वत्समुखविश्रष्टः: fallen/dropped from the calf’s mouth
• वत्समुखविश्रष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वत्समुखविश्रष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवस्य: of Bhava (Śiva)
• भवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भुवि: on the earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• तिष्ठतः: while (he) was standing
• तिष्ठतः: Sambandha
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: Present (Shatru-participle), Singular, Parasmaipada, Masculine, Genitive

• शिरसि: on (his) head
• शिरसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अवाप: reached/obtained/fell upon
• अवाप: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• ऐक्षत: looked/saw
• ऐक्षत: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईक्ष्
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular, Atmanepada

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

• प्रभुः: the lord/master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• calf
• head (śiras)
• earth (bhū)