Shloka 6

Devanagari script

कदाचित् प्रातरुत्थाय पिस्पक्षु:ः सलिल॑ं शुचि । ध्रुवद्वारभवां गड्ां जगामावततार च

Transliteration

kadācit prātar utthāya pipakṣuḥ salilaṁ śuci | dhruvadvārabhavāṁ gaṅgāṁ jagāmāvatatāra ca ||

Translation

ဘိဿမက ပြောသည်။ တစ်ခါတစ်ရံ မနက်စောစော ထ၍ သန့်ရှင်းသောရေ၌ ရေချိုးလိုသောစိတ်ဖြင့် ဓြုဝဒွာရ (Dhruvadvāra) မှ စီးဆင်းလာသော ဂင်္ဂါမြစ်၏ ကမ်းပါးသို့ သွားရောက်ကာ ထိုရေထဲသို့ ဆင်း၍ ရေချိုး하였다—ဓမ္မအတိုင်း စည်းကမ်းတကျ နေထိုင်သူ၏ သန့်စင်မှုနှင့် ထိန်းချုပ်မှုကို ပြသသော အကျင့်ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• कदाचित्: once, at some time
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित्

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर्

• उत्थाय: having risen
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु: स्था)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• पिपासुः: desirous (eager)
• पिपासुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिपासु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शुचि: pure
• शुचि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ध्रुवद्वारभवाम्: arising from Dhruva-dvāra
• ध्रुवद्वारभवाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुवद्वार-भवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गङ्गाम्: the Ganga (river)
• गङ्गाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अवततार: descended, entered (into it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-तॄ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Gaṅgā
• Dhruvadvāra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic discipline through morning rising and ritual purification—outer cleanliness serving as a support for inner restraint and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

A person (as recounted by Bhīṣma) rises at dawn, goes to the Gaṅgā said to flow from Dhruvadvāra, and enters the river to bathe.