Shloka 14

Agastya-Māhātmya and Vasiṣṭha’s Protection of the Ādityas

Khalina Daityas; Sarayū Etiology

Devanagari script

भुड्क्ते चिकित्सकस्यान्नं तदन्नं च पुरीषवत्‌ । पुंश्वल्यन्नं च मूत्रं स्‍्पात्‌ कारुकान्नं च शोणितम्‌,जो चिकित्सा करनेवाले वैद्यका अन्न खाता है, उसका वह अन्न विष्ठाके समान है। व्यभिचारिणी स्त्री या वेश्याका अन्न मूत्रके समान है। कारीगरका अन्न रक्तके तुल्य है

Transliteration

bhuṅkte cikitsakasya annaṁ tad annaṁ ca purīṣavat | puṁśvaly annaṁ ca mūtraṁ syāt kārukānnaṁ ca śoṇitam ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “If one eats the food of a physician, that food is regarded as excrement. The food of a promiscuous woman (or courtesan) is said to be like urine. The food of an artisan is likened to blood.”

Word by Word

भुङ्क्तेeats

चिकित्सकस्यof a physician

अन्नम्food

तत्that

अन्नम्food

चand

पुरीषवत्like feces

पुंश्वल्याःof an unchaste woman/prostitute

अन्नम्food

चand

मूत्रम्urine

स्यात्would be / is said to be

कारुकस्यof an artisan/craftsman

अन्नम्food

चand

शोणितम्blood

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

physician (cikitsaka/vaidya)

promiscuous woman/courtesan (puṁśvalī)

artisan/craftsman (kāruka)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes