Shloka 10

वंशानुकीर्तनम् — Genealogical Recitation from Dakṣa to Yayāti and the Establishment of the Paurava Line

Devanagari script

पुष्पवृष्टिं विचित्रां तु व्यसृजंस्ते पुन: पुनः । दिवःस्पृशो5थ संघुष्टा: पक्षिभिर्मधुरस्वनै:

Transliteration

puṣpavṛṣṭiṁ vicitrāṁ tu vyasṛjaṁs te punaḥ punaḥ | divaḥspṛśo 'tha saṅghuṣṭāḥ pakṣibhir madhurasvanaiḥ ||

Translation

Again and again they sent down a wondrous, many-hued rain of flowers. Then the heights, as though reaching to the sky, resounded with the sweet calls of birds.

Word by Word

• पुष्पवृष्टिम्: a shower of flowers
• पुष्पवृष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विचित्राम्: variegated, wonderful
• विचित्राम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• व्यसृजन्: scattering, sending forth
• व्यसृजन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• दिवः: from heaven/sky
• दिवः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Ablative, Singular

• स्पृशः: touching (the sky), sky-touching
• स्पृशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्पृश्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), used adjectivally, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अथ: then/and then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• संघुष्टाः: resounding, filled with sound
• संघुष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संघुष्ट
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पक्षिभिः: by birds
• पक्षिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मधुरस्वनैः: with sweet sounds
• मधुरस्वनैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुरस्वन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• flowers (puṣpa)
• birds (pakṣi)