Shloka 88

Devanagari script

किमप्यड्कगतं ब्रह्मन्‌ पार्वत्या भूतमद्भुतम्‌ । बालरूपधरं दृष्टवा नास्माभिरभिलक्षित:,देवताओंने मस्तक झुकाकर ब्रह्माजीको प्रणाम किया और हाथ जोड़कर कहा --'ब्रह्मन! पार्ववीजीकी गोदमें बालरूपधारी एक अद्भुत प्राणी था, जिसे देखकर भी हमलोग पहचान नहीं सके हैं

Transliteration

kim apy aṅkagataṁ brahman pārvatyā bhūtam adbhutam | bālarūpadharaṁ dṛṣṭvā nāsmābhir abhilakṣitaḥ ||

Translation

“O Brahman, there was something wondrous upon Pārvatī’s lap—an extraordinary being. Though we saw it assuming the form of a child, we were unable to recognize who it truly was.”

Word by Word

• किम्: something/what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अपि: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अङ्क-गतम्: gone to (her) lap; in the lap
• अङ्क-गतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्कगत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman (Brahmā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पार्वत्या: by/with Pārvatī
• पार्वत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• भूतम्: a being/creature
• भूतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful, marvelous
• अद्भुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• बाल-रूप-धरम्: having the form of a child
• बाल-रूप-धरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बालरूपधर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Plural

• अभिलक्षितः: recognized/identified
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-लक्ष्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Brahmā
• Pārvatī
• an unidentified wondrous child-form being