Shloka 2736

Go-mahātmyam: Pavitrāṇāṃ Pavitraṃ

Cows and Ghee as Supreme Purifiers

Devanagari script

प्रसादयामास मनस्तेन रुद्रस्य भारत । भरतनन्दन! ऐसा कहकर प्रजापतिने महादेवजीको बहुत-सी गौएँ और एक बैल भेंट किये तथा इसी उपायके द्वारा उनके मनको प्रसन्न किया

Transliteration

prasādayāmāsa manas tena rudrasya bhārata | bharatanandana! evaṃ uktvā prajāpatiḥ mahādevajīṃ bahu-gāvaḥ ekaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ ca bhent kṛtvā, anena upāyena tasya manaḥ prasannaṃ cakāra |

Translation

Bhishma said: “O Bharata, by that means Prajapati soothed the mind of Rudra. O joy of the Bharatas! Having spoken thus, Prajapati presented Mahadeva with many cows and a bull, and by this very method he brought about the Lord’s satisfaction.”

Word by Word

• प्रसादयामास: pleased, gratified
• प्रसादयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादय् (प्रसादयति)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तेन: by that (means)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra (Śiva)
• रुद्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Rudra (Shiva)
• Prajapati
• Mahadeva (Shiva)
• Bharata (address)
• Bharatanandana (address)
• cows
• bull