Shloka 4

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

अप्सु जाता च गोपाली बृहदम्बालिका तथा । जयावती मालतिका ध्रुवरत्ना भयंकरी

Transliteration

apsu jātā ca gopālī bṛhadambālikā tathā | jayāvatī mālatikā dhruvaratnā bhayaṅkarī

Translation

अप्सुजाता और गोपाली; तथा बृहदम्बालिका; जयावती, मालतिका, ध्रुवरत्ना और भयंकरी।

Word by Word

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• जाता: born
• जाता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• गोपाली: Gopālī (a woman’s name)
• गोपाली: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपाली
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बृहदम्बालिका: Bṛhad-ambālikā (the great Ambālikā; a name)
• बृहदम्बालिका: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहद् + अम्बालिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• जयावती: Jayāvatī (a woman’s name)
• जयावती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयावती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मालतिका: Mālatikā (a woman’s name)
• मालतिका: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालतिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ध्रुवरत्ना: Dhruva-ratnā (the steadfast jewel; a name)
• ध्रुवरत्ना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्रुव + रत्ना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भयंकरी: terrifying; fear-causing
• भयंकरी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयंकरी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Apsu-jātā
• Gopālī
• Bṛhadambālikā
• Jayāvatī
• Mālatikā
• Dhruvaratnā
• Bhayaṅkarī