Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ताविमौ चन्दनेनाक्तौ चन्दनाहाौं च मे भुजी

Transliteration

tāv imau candanenāktau candanāhāu ca me bhujī

Translation

قال فايشامبايانا: «إن ذراعيَّ هاتين قد دُهنتا الآن بخشب الصندل، وفاحتا بعطر الصندل.»

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• इमौ: these two
• इमौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• चन्दनेन: with sandal(-paste)
• चन्दनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अक्तौ: smeared/anointed
• अक्तौ: Karta
• Type: Verb-derived Adjective (Past Passive Participle)
• Root: अञ्ज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• चन्दनाहौ: having sandal(-paste) (on them)
• चन्दनाहौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्दनाह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• मे: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भुजी: arms
• भुजी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• sandalwood (candana)
• two arms (bhujau)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a moral and psychological transition: the same human faculties (symbolized by the arms—capacity for action and power) can be redirected from force and worldly assertion toward restraint, purification, and a dharmic settling of the self after conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a moment where the speaker’s arms are described as anointed with sandalwood and fragrant, signaling a calmer, more ritual-pure or ascetic atmosphere in the forest-life context of Āśramavāsika, contrasting with earlier martial identity.