Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

द्वितीयं त्वद्भुतमिदं त्वत्तेज: कृतमद्य वै दृष्टवा च विस्मिता: कृष्ण सा च न: स्मृतिरागता,श्रीकृष्ण! आपके तेजसे दूसरी अद्भुत घटना आज यह घटित हुई है, जिसे देखकर हम चकित हो गये हैं और हमें पूर्वकालकी वह शंकरजीवाली बात पुनः स्मरण हो रही है

Transliteration

dvitīyaṃ tv adbhutam idaṃ tvat-tejaḥ-kṛtam adya vai | dṛṣṭvā ca vismitāḥ kṛṣṇa sā ca naḥ smṛtir āgatā ||

Translation

Nārada said: “O Kṛṣṇa, today a second wondrous event has occurred, brought about by your radiant power. Seeing it, we have been astonished, and it has brought back to our minds that earlier episode connected with Śaṅkara (Śiva).”

Word by Word

द्वितीयम्second (as an object/occurrence)

तुbut/indeed

अद्भुतम्marvellous, wondrous

इदम्this

त्वत्-तेजःyour radiance/energy

कृतम्done, caused, brought about

अद्यtoday/now

वैindeed, surely

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

चand

विस्मिताःastonished

कृष्णO Krishna

साthat (she/that thing)

चand

नःof us/our

स्मृतिःmemory, recollection

आगताhas come/returned (to mind)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Kṛṣṇa

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes