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Shloka 35

तस्यावलेपनं ज्ञात्वा क्रुद्धो यज्वा तु राघव।।।।अपिबच्च जलं सर्वं गङ्गाया: परमाद्भुतम्।

tasyāvalepanaṃ jñātvā kruddho yajvā tu rāghava |

apibac ca jalaṃ sarvaṃ gaṅgāyāḥ paramādbhutam ||

ឱ រាឃវៈ! ពេលដឹងពីភាពអួតអាងរបស់នាង អ្នកធ្វើយជ្ញា (ជហ្នុ) ក៏ខឹងឡើង ហើយដោយអស្ចារ្យយ៉ាងខ្លាំង បានផឹកទឹកព្រះនាងគង្គាទាំងអស់។

tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kāla/Adhikaraṇa (काल/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
devāḥthe gods
devāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
sa-gandharvāḥalong with Gandharvas
sa-gandharvāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgandharva (प्रातिपदिक) + sa (अव्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सह-तत्पुरुष (along with Gandharvas)
ṛṣayaḥsages
ṛṣayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
su-vismitāḥgreatly amazed
su-vismitāḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvismita (कृदन्त; √smi स्मि/√vismi) + su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) with उपसर्ग ‘सु-’ (very)
pūjayantiworship/honour
pūjayanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√pūj (पूज् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम
mahātmānamthe great-souled one
mahātmānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
jahnumJahnu
jahnum:
Karma (कर्म; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootjahnu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अपादान/कर्म-सम्बन्धे (as object in apposition)
puruṣa-sattamamthe best of men
puruṣa-sattamam:
Karma-anvaya (कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsattama (प्रातिपदिक) + puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (best of men); विशेषणम् (qualifies jahnum)
gaṅgāmGaṅgā
gaṅgām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; also/even)
nayantilead/assign/consider
nayanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√nī (नी धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम
sma(indeed/used to)
sma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsma (अव्यय)
Formस्म-निपात (particle indicating past/habitual nuance with present)
duhitṛtvēin the status of a daughter
duhitṛtvē:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; state/role)
TypeNoun
Rootduhitṛtva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; भाववाचक (state/role)
mahātmanaḥof the great-souled one (Jahnu)
mahātmanaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

O Descendant of the Raghu dynasty! sage Jahnu who was performing the sacrifice, observed her pride and grew furious. And astonishingly drank the entire waters of Ganga.

R
Rāghava (Rāma)
J
Jahnu
G
Gaṅgā

FAQs

Power—however sacred—must be tempered by humility; violating rightful limits invites corrective restraint by those upholding dharma.

Jahnu, angered by Gaṅgā’s overbearing flood into his ritual space, miraculously drinks her waters.

Jahnu’s uncompromising protection of dharmic order and ritual sanctity.