Shloka 9

प्रावृट्-शरत्-वर्णनम् — Description of the Monsoon and Autumn; Sarasvatī in the Pāṇḍavas’ Exile

Devanagari script

स सम्पश्यन्‌ गिरिनदीर्वैदूर्यमणिसंनिभै: सलिलैहिमसंकाशै्हँसकारण्डवायुतै:

Transliteration

sa sampaśyan girinadīr vaidūryamaṇisaṁnibhaiḥ salilaiḥ himasaṁkāśaiḥ haṁsakāraṇḍavāyutaiḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Chemin faisant, il vit des rivières nées des montagnes, dont les eaux luisaient comme des gemmes vaidūrya, limpides et fraîches comme la neige, animées de cygnes et de canards kāraṇḍava.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्पश्यन्: seeing, observing
• सम्पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पश्य्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• गिरिनदीः: mountain-rivers
• गिरिनदीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिनदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• वैदूर्यमणिसंनिभैः: with (waters) resembling vaidūrya-gems (cat's-eye)
• वैदूर्यमणिसंनिभैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैदूर्य-मणि-संनिभ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सलिलैः: with waters
• सलिलैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• हिमसंकाशैः: snow-like, resembling snow
• हिमसंकाशैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिम-संकाश
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• हंसकारण्डवायुतैः: accompanied by swans and ruddy sheldrakes
• हंसकारण्डवायुतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हंस-कारण्डव-आयुत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mountain rivers (girinadī)
• vaidūrya gem (cat’s-eye)
• swans (haṁsa)
• kāraṇḍava ducks