Shloka 11

बकवधोत्तर-प्रशमनम् | Post-slaying Stabilization after Baka’s Death

Devanagari script

गच्छ जानीहि के त्वेते शेरते वनमाश्रिता: । मानुषो बलवान गन्धो पघ्राणं तर्पपतीव मे,“बहिन! जाओ, पता तो लगाओ, ये कौन इस वनमें आकर सो रहे हैं? मनुष्यकी तीव्र गन्ध आज मेरी नासिकाको मानो तृप्त किये देती है

Transliteration

gaccha jānīhi ke tv ete śerate vanam āśritāḥ | mānuṣo balavān gandho ghrāṇaṃ tarpayatīva me ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Go and find out who these are, lying asleep here after taking refuge in the forest. A strong human scent reaches me, as though it were gratifying my sense of smell.”

Word by Word

गच्छgo

जानीहिfind out/know

केwho (plural)

त्वेin you/with you (here: 'to you/for you' in address)

एतेthese

शेरतेlie/sleep

वनम्forest

आश्रिताःhaving resorted to/dwelling in

मानुषःhuman (pertaining to man)

बलवान्strong/intense

गन्धःsmell/odor

प्रघ्राणम्smelling/sniffing (act of smelling)

तर्पयतिsatisfies/pleases

इवas if/like

मेof me/to me (my)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

forest (vana)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes