Shloka 13

Adhyāya 32: Tāpasānāṃ Darśanaṃ — Ascetics Seek to Identify the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

क्षणेनान्तर्तिताश्रैव प्रेक्षतामेव ले5डभवन्‌ । अवगाहा महात्मान: पुण्यां भागीरथीं नदीम्‌

Transliteration

kṣaṇenāntarhitāś caiva prekṣatām eva leḍabhavan | avagāhā mahātmānaḥ puṇyāṃ bhāgīrathīṃ nadīm ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Dalam sekejap, di hadapan semua yang memandang, mereka lenyap dari penglihatan dan menyelam ke sungai suci Bhāgīrathī.

Word by Word

• क्षणेन: in a moment / by a moment
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अन्तर्हिताः: vanished / became hidden
• अन्तर्हिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्हित (अन्तर् + √धा/√धा (धातु) with नि- prefix; past passive participle sense 'hidden')
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्रेक्षताम्: of those who were watching
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेक्षत् (present participle of √ईक्ष् with प्र-)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अभवन्: they became / they were
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• अवगाहाः: bathers / those who plunged in
• अवगाहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवगाह (from अव- + √गाह्; 'one who plunges/bathes')
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones
• महात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुण्याम्: holy / sacred
• पुण्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भागीरथीम्: Bhāgīrathī (the Ganges)
• भागीरथीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागीरथी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नदीम्: river
• नदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā) river
• mahātmānaḥ (the great-souled persons/elders)