Shloka 69

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

भूरिदक्षिणमि क्ष्वाकुं यजमानं भगीरथम्‌ | त्रिलोकपथगा गड्डा दुहितृत्वमुपेयुषी,“'त्रिपथगामिनी गंगाने पुत्रीभावको प्राप्त होकर पर्याप्त दक्षिणा देनेवाले इक्ष्वाकुवंशी यजमान भगीरथको अपना पिता माना

Transliteration

bhūridakṣiṇam ikṣvākuṁ yajamānaṁ bhagīratham | trilokapathagā gaṅgā duhitṛtvam upeyuṣī ||

Translation

ବାୟୁ କହିଲେ—ତ୍ରିଲୋକପଥଗାମିନୀ ଗଙ୍ଗା କନ୍ୟାଭାବ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରି, ପ୍ରଚୁର ଦକ୍ଷିଣାଦାତା ଇକ୍ଷ୍ୱାକୁବଂଶୀ ଯଜମାନ ଭଗୀରଥଙ୍କୁ ନିଜ ପିତା ଭାବେ ମାନିଲେ।

Word by Word

• भूरि-दक्षिणम्: having abundant sacrificial fee (dakṣiṇā)
• भूरि-दक्षिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि + दक्षिण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इक्ष्वाकुम्: Ikṣvāku (scion of the Ikṣvāku line)
• इक्ष्वाकुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्ष्वाकु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यजमानम्: the sacrificer (patron of the rite)
• यजमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भगीरथम्: Bhagīratha
• भगीरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगीरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रि-लोक-पथ-गा: going on the path of the three worlds
• त्रि-लोक-पथ-गा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + लोक + पथ + गा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गङ्गा: Gaṅgā
• गङ्गा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दुहितृत्वम्: the state/role of being a daughter
• दुहितृत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपेयुषी: having attained/assumed (having come to)
• उपेयुषी: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ (धातु: इ) → उपेयुष् (कृदन्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Periphrastic perfect/Perfect participial formation (लिट्-आधारित), Parasmaipada (participial)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Bhagīratha
• Ikṣvāku dynasty
• Gaṅgā
• the three worlds (triloka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic reciprocity: a human who upholds sacrificial duty and generosity (dakṣiṇā) becomes worthy of divine affiliation. It also frames sacred rivers as moral agents who respond to righteous effort and lineage-duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu describes Gaṅgā’s relationship to Bhagīratha: the world-traversing river-goddess accepts him as her father by taking on the role of his daughter, underscoring Bhagīratha’s merit as an Ikṣvāku sacrificer famed for lavish gifts.