Shloka 35

Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

तद्‌ रेत: स तु जग्राह कलशे वै महातपा: । सप्तधा प्रविभागं तु कलशस्थं जगाम ह,महातपस्वी मुनिने उस वीर्यको एक कलशमें ले लिया। कलशमें स्थित होनेपर वह वीर्य सात भागोंमें विभक्त हो गया

Transliteration

tad retaḥ sa tu jagrāha kalaśe vai mahātapāḥ | saptadhā pravibhāgaṃ tu kalaśasthaṃ jagāma ha |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“那位大苦行者将那精液收集于一只罐中。精液一入罐内，便分成了七个分明的部分。”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (seed/energy)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• रेतः: semen, seed, potency
• रेतः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

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

• जग्राह: took, seized, received
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कलशे: in a pot, in a vessel
• कलशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• महातपाः: the great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तधा: sevenfold, into seven parts
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा

• प्रविभागम्: division, distribution
• प्रविभागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रविभाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: and/but (emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कलशस्थम्: situated in the pot
• कलशस्थम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलशस्थ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• जगाम: went, came to be, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• mahātapāḥ (a great ascetic)
• kalaśa (jar/pitcher)
• retaḥ (semen)