Shloka 135

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

Devanagari script

विप्रुषश्चैव यावन्त्यो निपतन्ति नभस्तलातू

Transliteration

vipruṣaś caiva yāvantyo nipatanti nabhastalāt

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Just as countless tiny droplets fall down from the expanse of the sky…,”

Word by Word

• विप्रुषः: drops (of water)
• विप्रुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रुष्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• यावन्त्यः: as many as
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• निपतन्ति: fall down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नभस्तलात्: from the surface of the sky
• नभस्तलात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्तल
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• droplets (vipruṣaḥ)
• sky (nabhas)