Shloka 47
Bhāgīratha’s Tapas and the Petition to Gaṅgā (गङ्गावतरण-प्रसङ्गः)
Devanagari script
सगर उवाच पितुश्न ते5हं त्यागेन पुत्राणां निधनेन च | अलाभेन तथाश्व॒स्य परितप्यामि पुत्रक,सगर बोले--बेटा! तुम्हारे पिताको त्याग देनेसे, अन्य पुत्रोंकी मृत्यु हो जानेसे तथा यज्ञसम्बन्धी अश्वके न मिलनेसे मैं सर्वथा संतप्त हो रहा हूँ
Transliteration
Sagara uvāca: pituḥ na te ’haṃ tyāgena putrāṇāṃ nidhanena ca | alābhena tathāśvasya paritapyāmi putraka ||
Translation
Sagara said: “My child, I am utterly distressed—because your father was abandoned, because my other sons have perished, and because the sacrificial horse has not been recovered. These losses weigh on me without respite.”
Word by Word
सगरःSagara
सगरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसगर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
पितुःof (your) father
पितुः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Dative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
त्यागेनby abandonment
त्यागेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootत्याग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
पुत्राणाम्of (my/other) sons
पुत्राणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
निधनेनby the death
निधनेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनिधन
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अलाभेनby the non-attainment
अलाभेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअलाभ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अश्वस्यof the horse (sacrificial horse)
अश्वस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
परितप्यामिI am tormented / I grieve
परितप्यामि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootतप्
FormPresent, First, Singular
पुत्रकO dear son
पुत्रक:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्रक
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
सगर उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SagaraF
father (pituḥ)S
sons (putrāḥ)S
sacrificial horse (aśva)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes