Shloka 17
गङ्गाधारणम् (Gaṅgādhāraṇa) — Śiva Bears the Descent of Gaṅgā
Devanagari script
अन्वेषमाणास्तुरगं नीता वैवस्वतक्षयम् । षष्टिस्तानि सहस्राणि सागराणां महात्मनाम्
Transliteration
anveṣamāṇās turagaṃ nītā vaivasvatakṣayam | ṣaṣṭis tāni sahasrāṇi sāgarāṇāṃ mahātmanām ||
Translation
馬を捜し求めるうちに、サガラの大いなる魂をもつ六万の子らは、ヴァイヴァスヴァタ（ヤマ）の国へと導かれ、死に至った。
Word by Word
अन्वेषमाणाःseeking, searching
अन्वेषमाणाः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअन्वेष् (अनु+इष्)
Formशतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
तुरगम्the horse
तुरगम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतुरग
Formपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन
नीताःwere led, were taken
नीताः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनी (नयति)
Formक्त (भूत कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
वैवस्वतक्षयम्to the abode of Yama (death)
वैवस्वतक्षयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवैवस्वतक्षय
Formपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन
षष्टिःsixty
षष्टिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootषष्टि
Formस्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तानिthose
तानि:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formनपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
सहस्राणिthousands
सहस्राणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
Formनपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
सागराणाम्of the oceans
सागराणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसागर
Formपुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
महात्मनाम्of the great-souled (sages)
महात्मनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
Formपुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
Speaker
लोगश उवाच
Characters & Entities
T
Turaga (horse)V
Vaivasvata (Yama)S
Sagara (king; implied through sāgarāṇām)S
Sagara’s sixty thousand sons (Sāgarāḥ)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even a legitimate mission can become destructive when driven by uncontrolled aggression; dharma requires restraint and discernment, otherwise one is ‘led to Yama’—to ruin—by one’s own actions.
In the account of King Sagara’s lineage, his sons, in pursuit of a horse, continue their search with forceful determination and ultimately meet death—described as being taken to Vaivasvata’s abode (Yama’s realm).