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

शुचि गृध्रीने गिधाडांना जन्म दिला; आणि पारावतीने कबुतरे व अन्य पक्षी—हंस, सारस, कारंडव व प्लव—उत्पन्न केले।

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