Shloka 8

गङ्गाधारणम् (Gaṅgādhāraṇa) — Śiva Bears the Descent of Gaṅgā

Devanagari script

मयूरै: शतपत्रैश्न जीवं जीवककोकिलै: । चकोरैरसितापाज्जैस्तथा पुत्रप्रियेरपि,भाँति-भाँतिके कलरव करते हुए विचित्र अंगोंवाले पक्षी, भृंगराज, हंस, चातक, जलमुर्ग, मोर, शतपत्र नामक पक्षी, चक्रवाक, कोकिल, चकोर, असितापांग और पुत्रप्रिय आदि इस पर्वतकी शोभा बढ़ाते हैं

Transliteration

mayūraiḥ śatapatraiś ca jīvaṃjīvaka-kokilaiḥ | cakōrair asitāpāṅgais tathā putrapriyaiḥ api ||

Translation

ローマシャは言った。「孔雀、シャタパトラ（śatapatra）と呼ばれる鳥、ジーヴァンジーヴァカ（jīvaṃjīvaka）とカッコウ（kōkila）、さらにチャコーラ（cakora）、黒い眼のアシターパーンガ（asitāpāṅga）、そして『子を愛する』と呼ばれる鳥までも—それぞれがさまざまに鳴き交わし—この山の美を高めている。」

Word by Word

मयूरैःby/with peacocks

शतपत्रैःby/with śatapatra-birds

चand

जीवंthe bird called jīva

जीवकthe bird called jīvaka

कोकिलैःby/with cuckoos

चकोरैःby/with cakora-birds

असितापाङ्गैःby/with black-eyed (asitāpāṅga) birds

तथाlikewise

पुत्रप्रियैःby/with the birds called putrapriya

अपिalso

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa

mountain

peacocks (mayūra)

śatapatra birds

jīvaṃjīvaka birds

cuckoos (kokila)

cakora birds

asitāpāṅga birds

putrapriya birds

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights attentive appreciation of the natural world during pilgrimage and exile: sacred places are recognized not only by ritual markers but also by their living ecology—many voices and forms coexisting to create beauty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa, guiding the Pāṇḍavas through forest and tīrtha regions, describes a mountain’s splendor by listing the many birds that inhabit it and fill it with varied calls.