Canonical Ref: VR 1.35.4
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
कथं गङ्गां त्रिपथगा विश्रुता सरिदुत्तमा । त्रिषु लोकेषु धर्मज्ञ कर्मभिः कैः समन्विता ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
kathaṃ gaṅgāṃ tripathagā viśrutā sariduttamā | triṣu lokeṣu dharmajña karmabhiḥ kaiḥ samanvitā ||
English Scholarly Translation
Why does Ganga, the purifier of the worlds overflow the three paths (worlds)? O knower of dharma what deed made, Tripathaga (flowing in three directions) Ganga wellknown in the three worlds as the best (holiest) of all rivers"?
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
कथं
Lemma: कथम्
POS: ind
गङ्गा
Lemma: गङ्गा
POS: f
त्रिपथगा
Lemma: त्रिपथगा
POS: f
विश्रुता
Lemma: विश्रु
POS: 5. Ā.
सरिदुत्तमा
Lemma: सरित्
POS: f
सरिदुत्तमा
Lemma: उत्तम
POS: adj
त्रिषु
Lemma: त्रि
POS: nr
लोकेषु
Lemma: लोक
POS: m
धर्मज्ञ
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
धर्मज्ञ
Lemma: ज्ञ
POS: adj
कर्मभिः
Lemma: कर्मन्
POS: n
कैः
Lemma: क
POS: pron
समन्विता
Lemma: समन्वित
POS: adj
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 1.35.4. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.