Shloka 23

Devanagari script

कैलासं प्रस्थितां चैव नदीं गड्जां महातपा: । आनयत्‌ तत्सरो दिव्यं तया भिन्न च तत्सर:

Transliteration

kailāsaṁ prasthitāṁ caiva nadīṁ gaṅgāṁ mahātapāḥ | ānayat tatsaro divyaṁ tayā bhinnaṁ ca tatsaraḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：大苦行者们将正趋向凯拉萨(Kailāsa)的恒河女神伽ṅ伽(Gaṅgā)引入那天界之湖。伽ṅ伽一入湖中，便冲决湖堤；由她所破开的缺口涌出的水流，遂以“萨拉尤”(Sarayū)之名而闻名。

Word by Word

• कैलासम्: to Kailāsa (mountain)
• कैलासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रस्थिताम्: having set out / departed
• प्रस्थिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रस्थित (प्र-स्था)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• नदीम्: the river
• नदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गङ्गाम्: Gaṅgā
• गङ्गाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महातपाः: great ascetics (those of great austerity)
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आनयत्: brought / led
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (आ-नी)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सरः: lake
• सरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दिव्यम्: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तया: by her (by Gaṅgā)
• तया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• भिन्नम्: broken / split
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न (भिद्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सरः: lake
• सरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• भीष्म (Bhīṣma)
• गङ्गा (Gaṅgā)
• कैलास (Kailāsa)
• दिव्य सरोवर (divine lake/reservoir)