Shloka 22

Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

सरित्‌ सा हिमवत्पारश्चात्‌ प्रख्रुता शीघ्रगामिनी । ओऔद्वालकेस्तथा यज्ञे यजतस्तस्य भारत

Transliteration

sarit sā himavat-pāraś ca prakhutā śīghra-gāminī | audvālakés tathā yajñe yajatas tasya bhārata ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Ang ilog na iyon, mabilis ang agos at rumaragasa mula sa malayong panig ng Himalaya, ay naroon—O Bhārata—sa handog ni Audvālaki habang isinasagawa niya ang ritwal.

Word by Word

• सरित्: river
• सरित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: she/that (f.)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हिमवत्: from Himavat (the Himalaya)
• हिमवत्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• पार्श्वात्: from the side/flank
• पार्श्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• प्रख्रुता: having rushed forth / sprung out
• प्रख्रुता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-ख्रु (√ख्रु/ख्रू)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शीघ्रगामिनी: swift-going
• शीघ्रगामिनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीघ्रगामिन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• औद्वालकेः: of Uddālaka (Oudvālaki)
• औद्वालकेः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: औद्वालकि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यजतः: while (he) sacrifices / as he performs worship
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Himavat (Himālaya)
• Audvālaki
• Bhārata (Janamejaya as addressee)
• a river (unnamed)