Shloka 126

Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)

Devanagari script

स्वरूपिणी तदाभ्येत्य तर्पपामास वारिणा । जनेश्वर! उसी समय सरिताओंमें श्रेष्ठ श्रीगंगाजी मूर्तिमती होकर मेरुपर्वतपर आयीं और उन्होंने अपने जलसे शुकदेवजीको तृप्त किया

Transliteration

svarūpiṇī tadābhyetya tarpapāmāsa vāriṇā | janeśvara! usī samaya saritāṁ-śreṣṭhā śrī-gaṅgājī mūrtimatī bhūtvā meru-parvate āyau, aur unhoṁne apane jal se śukadevaji ko tṛpta kiyā |

Translation

Bhishma disse: “Ó senhor dos homens! Naquele exato momento, a bem-aventurada Ganga—a primeira entre os rios—veio ali ao Monte Meru em forma corporificada e, com suas águas, satisfez (refrescou e gratificou ritualmente, tarpaṇa) Śukadeva.”

Word by Word

• स्वरूपिणी: embodied; having a (visible) form
• स्वरूपिणी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वरूपिणी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then; at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• अभ्येत्य: having approached; having come near
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-इ
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), prior action (having come/approached)

• तर्पयामास: satisfied; gratified
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्
• Form: लिट् (perfect, periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• वारिणा: with water
• वारिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Ganga
• Shukadeva
• Mount Meru

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights the sanctifying and sustaining power of sacred waters and the idea that divine grace can manifest tangibly to support a worthy ascetic; it reinforces reverence for holy rivers and the ethic of honoring spiritual seekers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ganga, regarded as the foremost river and a goddess, arrives at Mount Meru in a manifest form and uses her waters to satisfy/refresh Shukadeva, indicating a divine response to his spiritual state or need.