Shloka 47

Śrī Rāmacandra-avatāra — Vow, Exile, Laṅkā-vijaya, and Rāma-rājya

Concise Bhāgavata Account

Devanagari script

पुत्रान् स्वमातरस्तास्तु प्राणांस्तन्व इवोत्थिता: । आरोप्याङ्केऽभिषिञ्चन्त्यो बाष्पौघैर्विजहु: शुच: ॥ ४७ ॥

Transliteration

putrān sva-mātaras tās tu prāṇāṁs tanva ivotthitāḥ āropyāṅke ’bhiṣiñcantyo bāṣpaughair vijahuḥ śucaḥ

Translation

เมื่อเห็นบุตรของตน เหล่ามารดาก็ลุกขึ้นทันทีราวกับชีวิตกลับคืนสู่กาย พวกนางอุ้มบุตรขึ้นนั่งบนตักและชำระด้วยสายน้ำตาอันหลั่งไหล จนความโศกจากการพรากยาวนานคลายลง

Synonyms

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; Accusative plural

• स्व-मातरः: their mothers
• स्व-मातरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘their own mothers’

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; pronoun ‘they (f.)’

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (particle ‘but/indeed’)

• प्राणान्: their lives/breaths
• प्राणान्: Upama-artha (उपमार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; Accusative plural

• तन्वः: bodies
• तन्वः: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural (तन्वः)

• इव: as if
• इव: Upama-dyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-सूचक (particle ‘as if/like’)

• उत्थिताः: rose up
• उत्थिताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) परन्तु कर्तरि प्रयोगः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having risen’ (PPP used in active sense)

• आरोप्य: having placed
• आरोप्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-रुह्/आ-रोप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त (gerund) अव्यय; ‘having placed/raised’

• अङ्के: on the lap
• अङ्के: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Locative singular

• अभिषिञ्चन्त्यः: sprinkling (them)
• अभिषिञ्चन्त्यः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-सेच् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘sprinkling/bathing’

• बाष्प-ओघैः: with streams of tears
• बाष्प-ओघैः: Karana (करणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बाष्पाणाम् ओघैः)

• विजहुः: gave up
• विजहुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘abandoned/gave up’

• शुचः: griefs/sorrows
• शुचः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुच्/शुचि (प्रातिपदिक: शुच् f. ‘grief’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; Accusative plural

FAQs

What is the meaning of Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.47?

It describes the mothers’ overwhelming relief and love on regaining their sons—so intense that they weep streams of tears and their sorrow disappears.

Who is speaking Bhagavatam 9.10.47 and to whom?

Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates this verse to King Parīkṣit as part of the account in the Ninth Canto.

How can this verse be applied in modern life?

It highlights how genuine reunion and loving connection can dissolve grief—encouraging compassion, family care, and gratitude when loved ones are restored or protected.