Shloka 15

Bhīṣma’s Yogic Departure, Royal Cremation, and Gaṅgā’s Lament (भीष्मस्य योगयुक्त्या देहत्यागः, पितृमेधः, गङ्गाविलापः)

Devanagari script

ततः स्थिते त्वयि विभो लघुत्वात्‌ प्रलपामहे । न हि किंचित्‌ तदाश्चर्य यज्ञ वेज्षि भवानिह

Transliteration

tataḥ sthite tvayi vibho laghutvāt pralapāmahe | na hi kiñcit tadāścaryaṃ yajña vetsi bhavān iha ||

Translation

Nārada said: “Now that you, O all-pervading Lord, are present here, we speak freely out of familiarity. Yet there is truly nothing astonishing in this, O Yajña—for here you know everything.”

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereupon

स्थितेwhen (you are) standing/remaining

त्वयिin you/when you (are present)

विभोO Lord, O mighty one

लघुत्वात्from/owing to lightness (triviality)

प्रलपामहेwe prattle/speak foolishly

नnot

हिindeed/for

किंचित्anything, something

तत्that

आश्चर्यम्a wonder, something astonishing

यज्ञO Yajña (O Sacrifice / O one named Yajña)

वेक्षिyou see/observe

भवान्you (honorific)

इहhere/in this matter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Vibhu (epithet of the addressed deity)

Yajña (epithet/name of the addressed deity)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes