Shloka 11

Bhāgīratha’s Tapas and the Petition to Gaṅgā (गङ्गावतरण-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

ततः काले बहुतिथे व्यतीते भरतर्षभ । दीक्षित: सगरो राजा हयमेधेन वीर्यवान्‌,भरतश्रेष्ठ] तदनन्तर बहुत समय बीत जानेपर पराक्रमी राजा सगरने अश्वमेधयज्ञकी दीक्षा ली

Transliteration

tataḥ kāle bahutithe vyatīte bharatarṣabha | dīkṣitaḥ sagaro rājā hayamedhena vīryavān ||

Translation

Rồi sau một thời gian dài trôi qua, hỡi bậc tráng kiện nhất trong dòng Bharata, vua Sagara dũng mãnh đã thọ lễ nhập đàn (dīkṣā) để cử hành đại tế Aśvamedha.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• काले: in time / when time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बहुतिथे: after many days (lit. in a time of many dates/days)
• बहुतिथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-तिथि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• व्यतीते: having passed / elapsed
• व्यतीते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अति + इ (धातु) → व्यतीत
• Form: Past passive participle, Locative, Singular (agreeing with काले)

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दीक्षितः: initiated / having taken consecration
• दीक्षितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिक्ष् (धातु) → दीक्षित
• Form: Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सगरः: Sagara
• सगरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सगर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हयमेधेन: by/with the Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
• हयमेधेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयमेध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वीर्यवान्: mighty, valorous
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sagara
• Bharatarṣabha (address to the listener, typically a Bharata prince)
• Aśvamedha (Hayamedha) sacrifice