Shloka 3

गङ्गाजन्मवर्णनम् / The Origin of the Ganga

Tripathagā Narrative

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य कृत्वा पौर्वाह्णिकीं क्रियाम् ।गमनं रोचयामास वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह।।1.35.3।।

Transliteration

tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kṛtvā paurvāhṇikīṃ kriyām |

gamanaṃ rocayāmāsa vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha || 1.35.3 ||

Translation

ထိုသူ၏ စကားကို ကြားသိပြီးနောက် ရာမသည် မနက်ပိုင်း ဝတ်ပြုကိစ္စ (ပူဝ္ဝာဟ္ဏိက) ကို ဆောင်ရွက်ပြီး ခရီးထွက်ရန် ကိုယ်တိုင် ပြင်ဆင်လေသည်။ ထို့နောက် ဤသို့သော စကားကို မိန့်ကြားလေ၏။

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of vacanam

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), 'having heard'

• vacanam: words/speech
• vacanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (genitive, 6th), एकवचन (singular)

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), 'having done'

• paurvāhṇikīm: forenoon-related
• paurvāhṇikīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paurvāhṇika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of kriyām

• kriyām: rite/observance
• kriyām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• gamanam: journey/going
• gamanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• rocayāmāsa: approved/decided upon
• rocayāmāsa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ruc (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• vākyam: statement
• vākyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of vākyam

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• ha: indeed/just (narrative)
• ha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), कथन-प्रसिद्ध्यर्थ (narrative particle)

Context

The devatas having received Ganga committed to the welfare of the three worlds went back to their abodes with a sense of fulfilment in their mind.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma expressed as conduct: one completes obligatory rites and then proceeds with one’s mission—duty before convenience.

What is the narrative situation?

After being awakened, Rāma finishes morning observances and prepares to continue the journey, leading into his next question.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s disciplined compliance and reverence for prescribed duties under a teacher’s guidance.