Shloka 41.20Unverified draft
भस्मराशीकृतानेतान् प्लावयेल्लोकपावनी। तया क्लिन्नमिदं भस्म गङ्गया लोककान्तया।।1.41.20।। षष्टिं पुत्रसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोकं च नेष्यति।
Meaning
The world-purifier shall carry these, reduced to a heap of ashes; when this ash is drenched by Ganga, beloved of the world, she shall lead the sixty thousand sons to the heavenly world.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| bhasma-rāśī-kṛtān etān | भस्म-राशी-कृतान् एतान् | these reduced to a heap of ashes | Accusative plural |
| plāvayet loka-pāvanī | प्लावयेत् लोक-पावनी | let that purifier of the world flood | Verb (optative causative) / Nominative |
| tayā klinnam idam bhasma | तया क्लिन्नम् इदम् भस्म | by her, once moistened, this ash | Instrumental / Nominative / Nominative |
| gaṅgayā loka-kāntayā | गङ्गया लोक-कान्तया | by Ganga, beloved of the world | Instrumental singular |
| ṣaṣṭim putra-sahasrāṇi | षष्टिम् पुत्र-सहस्राणि | the sixty thousand sons | Accusative plural |
| svarga-lokam ca neṣyati | स्वर्ग-लोकम् च नेष्यति | will lead to the heavenly world | Accusative / Verb (future) |
Reference: 1.41.20 · Bāla Kāṇḍa