Shloka 80

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

इन्हीं समस्त कर्मों और गुणोंके कारण देवता तथा ऋषि संसारमें अग्निको हिरण्यरेताके नामसे पुकारते हैं। उस समय अग्निजनित हिरण्य (वसु) धारण करनेके कारण पृथ्वीदेवी वसुमती नामसे विख्यात हुईं ।।

Transliteration

etaiḥ samastaiḥ karmabhiḥ guṇaiś ca devā ṛṣayaś ca loke agniṃ hiraṇyaretā iti nāmnā pravadanti | tadā agnijātaṃ hiraṇyaṃ (vasu) dhārayitvā pṛthivīdevī vasumatī iti vikhyātābhavat || sa tu garbho mahātejā gāṅgeyaḥ pāvakodbhavaḥ | divyaṃ śaravaṇṇaṃ prāpya vavṛdhe ’dbhuta-darśanaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“正因这一切功业与德性，世间诸天与仙人称阿耆尼为‘金精者’（Hiraṇyaretā，意为其种子如金）。当时，大地女神因在自身之中怀持由阿耆尼所生的金色精华（Vasu），遂以‘持财者’（Vasumatī）之名著称。随后，那由火之分而生、光焰赫奕的胎藏——恒伽之子伽昂盖耶（Gāṅgeya）——抵达天赐的芦苇林舍罗婆那（Śaravaṇa），在彼处成长，令人观之惊异。”

Word by Word

• सः: he/that
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• गर्भः: embryo/fetus
• गर्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गांगेयः: son of Ganga (Gāṅgeya)
• गांगेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गांगेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पावक: of Fire (Pāvaka)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उद्भवः: born/originating
• उद्भवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्भव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शरवणम्: the reed-thicket/Śaravaṇa (forest of reeds)
• शरवणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Active (usage)

• ववृधे: grew/increased
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• अद्भुत: wonderful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दर्शनः: appearance/sight; (one) having appearance
• दर्शनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Agni (Pāvaka)
• Devas
• Ṛṣis
• Pṛthivīdevī (Earth-goddess)
• Vasu (hiraṇya/wealth; also Vasus)
• Gāṅgeya (the embryo/child associated with Gaṅgā)
• Śaravaṇa (divine reed-forest)