Shloka 88
The Greatness of the Gaṅgā: Purification, Ancestor Rites, and Liberation
यां समासाद्य देवाश्च दैत्यमानुषपन्नगाः । अंडजाः स्वेदजा वृक्षा ये चान्य उद्भिज्जादयः
yāṃ samāsādya devāśca daityamānuṣapannagāḥ | aṃḍajāḥ svedajā vṛkṣā ye cānya udbhijjādayaḥ
Достигнув её, боги, дайтьи, люди и наги — а также яйцерождённые, поторождённые, деревья и прочие ростковые формы жизни — все прибегают к ней.
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from Adhyaya 62 framing dialogue).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: देवाश्च = देवाः + च; चान्य = च + अन्ये; दैत्यमानुषपन्नगाः is a dvandva listing classes; उद्भिज्जादयः = उद्भिज्ज + आदयः.
FAQs
It lists traditional Purāṇic birth-types: aṇḍaja (egg-born), svedaja (moisture/sweat-born), and udbhijja (sprout-born), alongside major beings like devas, daityas, humans, and serpents.
The verse uses a feminine accusative “yām” (“her/which”), but without surrounding verses the referent cannot be confirmed; it may be a goddess, a power, or a locus such as a sacred region.
It suggests universality: all classes of beings—celestial, terrestrial, and botanical—are included within the same cosmic order and are shown as converging upon (or being governed by) a single principle indicated by “yām.”