Shloka 31

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

गृध्री गृध्रान् कपोतांश् च पारावती विहंगमान् हंससारसकारण्डप्लवाञ्छुचिरजीजनत्

Transliteration

gṛdhrī gṛdhrān kapotāṃś ca pārāvatī vihaṃgamān haṃsasārasakāraṇḍaplavāñchucirajījanat

Translation

清らかなグリドゥリー（Gṛdhrī）は禿鷲を生み、パーラーヴァティー（Pārāvatī）は鳩と諸々の鳥—白鳥、鶴、カーランダ（kāraṇḍa・水鳥）、プラヴァ（plava）—を生んだ。かくして、翼ある衆生が創造に顕れた。

Word by Word

• गृध्री: Gṛdhrī (a female progenitor)

• गृध्रान्: vultures

• कपोतान्: pigeons/doves

• च: and

• पारावती: Pārāvatī (a female progenitor)

• विहंगमान्: birds/winged creatures

• हंस: swans

• सारस: cranes

• कारण्ड: kāraṇḍa (a kind of water-bird/duck)

• प्लवान्: plavas (waterfowl/floaters)

• शुचिः: the pure one

• अजीजनत्: she generated/brought forth

Speaker

Suta Goswami