Shloka 41

कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्

Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse

Devanagari script

ततो विश्रान्तमनसो जना: क्षुद्धयपीडिता: । गृहाणि सम्परित्यज्य बश्रमु: प्रदिशो दिश:,तब सभी लोगोंका चित्त व्याकुल हो उठा। मनुष्य भूखके भयसे पीड़ित हो घरोंको छोड़कर दिशा-विदिशाओंमें मारे-मारे फिरने लगे

Transliteration

tato viśrāntamanaso janāḥ kṣudhayāpīḍitāḥ | gṛhāṇi samparityajya babhramuḥ pradiśo diśaḥ ||

Translation

Then the people, their minds no longer at ease and oppressed by hunger, abandoned their homes and wandered about in every direction and sub-direction.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

विश्रान्तमनसःwith disturbed/agitated minds

जनाःpeople

क्षुधाby hunger

अपिalso, even

पीडिताःafflicted, tormented

गृहाणिhouses, homes

सम्परित्यज्यhaving completely abandoned

भ्रमुःthey wandered

प्रदिशःintermediate directions, sub-directions

दिशःdirections

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)

ज

जनाः (the people)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes