Shloka 12

कृपकृपी-जननम्

The Birth of Kṛpa and Kṛpī; Kṛpa’s Attainment of Astras

Devanagari script

महानदीनितम्बांश्न गहनान्‌ गिरिगह्दरान्‌ । सन्ति नित्यहिमा देशा निर्वक्षमृगपक्षिण:

Transliteration

mahānadī-nitambāṁś ca gahanān giri-gahvarān | santi nitya-himā deśā nirvṛkṣa-mṛga-pakṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Trên lộ trình này chúng ta đã thấy những bờ sông hiểm trở của các đại hà và nhiều khe núi sâu thẳm. Ở đây có những vùng tuyết phủ vĩnh viễn—những nơi hoang vắng đến mức không có cây cối, và cũng chẳng thấy bóng dáng thú rừng hay chim chóc.”

Word by Word

• महानदी: great rivers
• महानदी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• नितम्बान्: banks/slopes (lit. buttresses, flanks)
• नितम्बान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नितम्ब
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• गहनान्: deep, dense, difficult (to traverse)
• गहनान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गहन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गिरिगह्वरान्: mountain-caves/valleys (mountain-gorges)
• गिरिगह्वरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिगह्वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सन्ति: are/exist
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• नित्यहिमाः: ever-snowy (having perpetual snow)
• नित्यहिमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्यहिम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देशाः: regions/places
• देशाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निर्वृक्ष: treeless
• निर्वृक्ष: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्वृक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मृगपक्षिणः: beasts and birds
• मृगपक्षिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगपक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• great rivers (mahānadyaḥ)
• mountains (giri)
• mountain ravines/gorges (gahvarāṇi)
• perpetually snowy regions (nitya-himā deśāḥ)