Shloka 4

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 97: Satyavatī’s appeal and Bhīṣma’s reaffirmation of satya

Devanagari script

अथ गज्ज सरिच्छेष्ठा समुपायात्‌ पितामहम्‌ | तस्या वास: समुद्धूतं मारुतेन शशिप्रभम्‌,इसी समय सरिताआओंमें श्रेष्ठ गंगा ब्रह्माजीके समीप आयी। उस समय वायुके झोंकेसे उसके शरीरका चाँदनीके समान उज्ज्वल वस्त्र सहसा ऊपरकी ओर उठ गया

Transliteration

atha gaṅgā saricchreṣṭhā samupāyāt pitāmaham | tasyā vāsaḥ samuddhūtaṃ mārutena śaśiprabhām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Gaṅgā, the foremost of rivers, approached Pitāmaha (Brahmā). At that moment, stirred by a gust of wind, her moon-bright garment was suddenly lifted upward.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• गङ्गा: Ganga
• गङ्गा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सरिताम्: of rivers
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• श्रेष्ठा: best, foremost
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• समुपायात्: came, approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+उप+या
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पितामहम्: the grandsire (Brahmā)
• पितामहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्याः: of her
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• वासः: garment, cloth
• वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• समुद्धूतम्: lifted up, blown up
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+उद्+धू
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• मारुतेन: by the wind
• मारुतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शशि-प्रभम्: moon-bright, having moonlike radiance
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शशिप्रभ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gaṅgā
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Wind (Māruta/Vāyu)
• Garment (vāsaḥ)