Shloka 4

Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya

Devanagari script

कदाचित् क्षीरम् अल्पं च पीतवान् मातुलाश्रमे ईर्ष्यया मातुलसुतो ह्य् अपिबत् क्षीरम् उत्तमम्

Transliteration

kadācit kṣīram alpaṃ ca pītavān mātulāśrame īrṣyayā mātulasuto hy apibat kṣīram uttamam

Translation

এবাৰ মাতুলৰ আশ্ৰমত তেওঁ অলপ গাখীৰ পান কৰিলে; কিন্তু ঈৰ্ষ্যাৰে মাতুলপুত্ৰে উৎকৃষ্ট গাখীৰটো পান কৰি পেলালে।

Word by Word

• कदाचित्: once

• क्षीरम्: milk

• अल्पम्: a little

• च: and

• पीतवान्: drank (he drank)

• मातुलाश्रमे: in the maternal uncle’s hermitage/āśrama

• ईर्ष्यया: out of envy/jealousy

• मातुलसुतः: the maternal uncle’s son/cousin

• हि: indeed

• अपिबत्: drank (he drank up)

• क्षीरम्: milk

• उत्तमम्: the best/excellent

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)