Shloka 19

Devanagari script

जम्मुर्भागीरथीं पुण्यामृषिजुष्टां कुरूद्वहा: । अनुगम्यमाना व्यासेन नारदेनासितेन च

Transliteration

jammur bhāgīrathīṃ puṇyām ṛṣijuṣṭāṃ kurūdvahāḥ | anugamyamānā vyāsena nāradena asitena ca

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను— ఓ కురూద్వహా! ఋషులు సేవించే పుణ్యమైన భాగీరథీని అనుసరిస్తూ వ్యాసుడు, నారదుడు, అసితుడును కూడ సహచరులై సాగిరి।

Word by Word

• जग्मुः: they went
• जग्मुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, plural, परस्मैपदम्

• भागीरथीम्: to the Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)
• भागीरथीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागीरथी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• पुण्याम्: holy, sacred
• पुण्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• ऋषिजुष्टाम्: frequented/inhabited by sages
• ऋषिजुष्टाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋषि-जुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• कुरूद्वहाः: the foremost of the Kurus
• कुरूद्वहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरू-द्वह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• अनुगम्यमानाः: being followed
• अनुगम्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-गम् (धातु) → अनुगम्यमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, passive (कर्मणि), वर्तमान (शतृ/शानच्-प्रयोगः: -मान)

• व्यासेन: by Vyāsa
• व्यासेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• असितेन: by Asita
• असितेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: असित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)
• Vyāsa
• Nārada
• Asita
• Kuru (lineage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the sanctity of the Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā) as a locus of merit and spiritual discipline, validated by the presence and movement of great ṛṣis; holiness is shown not merely as belief but as a lived tradition upheld by exemplary sages.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a movement along the sacred river Bhāgīrathī, noting that it is a revered river frequented by sages, and that the journey is accompanied by eminent seers—Vyāsa, Nārada, and Asita—highlighting the solemn, dharmic setting.