Shloka 24

Go-mahātmyam: Pavitrāṇāṃ Pavitraṃ

Cows and Ghee as Supreme Purifiers

Devanagari script

अमृतेनावसिक्तस्त्वं नोच्छिष्टं विद्यते गवाम्‌ । यथा हामृतमादाय सोमो विस्यन्दते पुन:

Transliteration

amṛtenāvasiktas tvaṃ nocchiṣṭaṃ vidyate gavām | yathā hāmṛtam ādāya somo visyandate punaḥ ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—تم پر امرت چھڑکا گیا ہے؛ اس لیے گایوں کے بارے میں اُچّھِشٹ (جُوٹھا/ناپاک بچا ہوا) نہیں مانا جاتا۔ جیسے سوم امرت لے کر پھر دوبارہ بہہ نکلتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• अमृतेन: with nectar
• अमृतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अवसिक्तः: sprinkled/anointed
• अवसिक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवसिच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• उच्छिष्टम्: leftover/impure remainder
• उच्छिष्टम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विद्यते = अस्/विद् in sense 'to exist')
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• गवाम्: of cows
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अमृतम्: nectar
• अमृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• सोमः: Soma (the moon/nectar)
• सोमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विस्यन्दते: flows forth/drips
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-स्यन्द्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• cows (go/gavām)
• amṛta
• Soma