Shloka 5

कच-देवयानी संवादः

Kaca–Devayānī Dialogue and the Curse on Vidyā

Devanagari script

पश्यतस्तस्य तत्रर्षेरप्पयग्निसमतेजस: । विश्वामित्रस्ततस्तां तु विषमस्थामनिन्दिताम्‌

Transliteration

paśyatas tasya tatrarṣer appayagnisamatejasaḥ | viśvāmitras tatas tāṃ tu viṣamasthām aninditām ||

Translation

As that sage—radiant like a blazing fire—looked on there, Viśvāmitra then noticed the blameless woman, standing in a precarious and difficult situation.

Word by Word

पश्यतःwhile (he) was looking / of (him) looking

तस्यof him

तत्रthere

ऋषेःof the sage

अप्पयग्नि-सम-तेजसःof (one) whose splendor was like the fire of Ap/paya (i.e., very fiery)

विश्वामित्रःViśvāmitra

ततःthen / thereafter

ताम्her

तुbut / indeed

विषम-स्थाम्standing in an uneven/difficult position

अनिन्दिताम्blameless / faultless

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kaṇva

Viśvāmitra

Ṛ

ṛṣi (the sage, implied)

aninditā strī (a blameless woman, unnamed here)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes