Shloka 9

Agastya’s Encounter with Ilvala and Vātāpi; Dāna, Progeny, and the Renown of Agastya-Āśrama

Devanagari script

ततः सा दर्शनीयानि महाहाणि तनूनि च । समुत्ससर्ज रम्भोरुर्वसनान्यायतेक्षणा,तब कदलीके समान जाँघ तथा विशाल नेत्रोंवाली लोपामुद्राने अपने बहुमूल्य, महीन एवं दर्शनीय वस्त्र उतार दिये और फटे-पुराने वस्त्र तथा वलकल और मृगचर्म धारण कर लिये। वह विशालनयनी बाला पतिके समान ही व्रत और आचारका पालन करनेवाली हो गयी

Transliteration

tataḥ sā darśanīyāni mahārhāṇi tanūni ca | samutsasarja rambhorur vasanāny āyatekṣaṇā ||

Translation

ثم إنّ لوبامودرا—رشيقة الفخذين طويلة العينين—خلعت ثيابها الرقيقة النفيسة البهيّة. ولبست ثيابًا بالية متواضعة، وألياف لحاء الشجر، وجلد الغزال؛ واتّخذت لنفسها نذورًا وسيرةً منضبطة كزوجها، فوافقت حياتها مراقباته الزاهدة.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

साshe

दर्शनीयानिbeautiful, worthy to be seen

महाहाणिvery fine/valuable (garments) (reading uncertain)

तनूनिthin, delicate

चand

समुत्ससर्जcast off, discarded

रम्भोरुःshe whose thighs are like plantain-stems

वसनानिgarments, clothes

आयत-ईक्षणाlong-eyed, wide-eyed

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lopāmudrā

garments (vasanāni)

bark-fibre clothing (valkala)

deerskin (mṛgacarma)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma through voluntary renunciation and shared discipline: Lopāmudrā chooses simplicity and ascetic conduct to harmonize with her husband’s vows, presenting marital partnership as a field for self-restraint and ethical alignment rather than mere comfort.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lopāmudrā removes her costly, attractive garments and adopts humble ascetic attire such as bark-fibre and deerskin, thereby taking on the same vows and regulated conduct as her husband in the forest-ascetic setting.