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Shloka 1

The Liberation of the Lizard

Godhā-vimukti

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठ उवाच । संप्रस्थितावुभौ राजन्गिरिशीर्षाद्धरातलम् । पश्यमानौ बहून्भावान्गिरिजातान्मनोहरमनोहरान् ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

vasiṣṭha uvāca | saṃprasthitāvubhau rājangiriśīrṣāddharātalam | paśyamānau bahūnbhāvāngirijātānmanoharamanoharān || 1 ||

Translation

ヴァシシュタは言った。「王よ、彼ら二人は山の頂から地上へと旅立ち、山より生じた数々の妙なる相を、心を奪うほどに眺めつつ進んだ。」

Word by Word
वसिष्ठःVasiṣṭha
वसिष्ठः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootवसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); परस्मैपदम्
संप्रस्थितौhaving set out
संप्रस्थितौ:
Visheshana (विशेषण to उभौ)
TypeAdjective
Rootसं + प्र + स्था (धातु) → संप्रस्थित (कृदन्त)
FormPast participle (क्त/कृत्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन); 'having set out'
उभौboth (of them)
उभौ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/vocative)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
गिरिशीर्षात्from the mountain-top
गिरिशीर्षात्:
Apadana (अपादान/ablative—source)
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि + शीर्ष (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः: 'गिरेः शीर्षात्'
धरातलम्the ground; earth-surface
धरातलम्:
Karma (कर्म/object—destination)
TypeNoun
Rootधरा + तल (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः: 'धरायाः तलम्'
पश्यमानौseeing; observing
पश्यमानौ:
Visheshana (विशेषण to उभौ)
TypeAdjective
Rootदृश् (धातु) → पश्यत् (कृदन्त)
FormPresent participle (शतृ/कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)
बहून्many
बहून्:
Visheshana (विशेषण to भावान्)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
भावान्states; forms; phenomena
भावान्:
Karma (कर्म/object of seeing)
TypeNoun
Rootभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
गिरिजातान्born in the mountains
गिरिजातान्:
Visheshana (विशेषण to भावान्)
TypeAdjective
Rootगिरि + जात (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः: 'गिरौ जातान्' (mountain-born)
मनोहरcharming
मनोहर:
Visheshana (विशेषण to भावान्)
TypeAdjective
Rootमनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); used adjectivally
अमनोहरान्not charming; unpleasant
अमनोहरान्:
Visheshana (विशेषण to भावान्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ + मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); नञ्-प्रत्यय (negation)
Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
V
Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

It frames a pilgrimage-style narrative: moving from a lofty summit down to the earthly plane while attentively witnessing sacred and beautiful phenomena—an inner cue to cultivate mindful seeing (darśana) during yātrā and dharma-kathā.

Though not explicitly naming bhakti, it sets the devotional mood of reverent observation: the world—especially sacred landscapes—becomes a field for remembrance and awe, which supports bhakti through attentive darśana and receptivity to holy narration.

No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; it functions as narrative transition in a Mahātmya/pilgrimage setting rather than a technical instruction.

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