Shloka 31

Tīrtha-Sevana and the Cursed Apsaras

Grāha-Encounter at Saubhadra Tīrtha

Devanagari script

भक्ष्यतां भुज्यतां नित्यं दीयतां रम्यतामिति । गीयतां पीयतां चेति शब्दश्चासीद्‌ गृहे गृहे,प्रत्येक घरमें सर्वदा 'खाओ, भोग करो, लुटाओ, मौज करो, गाओ और पीओ'”का शब्द गूँजता रहता था

Transliteration

bhakṣyatāṁ bhujyatāṁ nityaṁ dīyatāṁ ramyatām iti | gīyatāṁ pīyatāṁ ceti śabdaś cāsīd gṛhe gṛhe ||

Translation

Narada said: “In every house, day after day, the same cry was heard: ‘Eat! Enjoy! Give away lavishly! Make merry! Sing! Drink!’”

Word by Word

• भक्ष्यताम्: let it be eaten / let (people) eat
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष्
• Form: Lot (imperative/benedictive usage), Karmani (passive), 3rd, singular

• भुज्यताम्: let it be enjoyed / let (people) enjoy
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Lot (imperative/benedictive usage), Karmani (passive), 3rd, singular

• नित्यम्: always, constantly
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• दीयताम्: let it be given / let (people) give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Lot (imperative/benedictive usage), Karmani (passive), 3rd, singular

• रम्यताम्: let there be delight / let (people) revel
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्
• Form: Lot (imperative/benedictive usage), Karmani (passive), 3rd, singular

• इति: thus, ‘so’ (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• गीयताम्: let it be sung / let (people) sing
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै
• Form: Lot (imperative/benedictive usage), Karmani (passive), 3rd, singular

• पीयताम्: let it be drunk / let (people) drink
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: Lot (imperative/benedictive usage), Karmani (passive), 3rd, singular

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

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• शब्दः: sound, cry, call
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• आसीत्: was, existed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Lan (imperfect), 3rd, singular

• गृहे: in (a) house
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• गृहे: in (each) house
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada