Shloka 21

Aṣṭāvakra–Strī-saṃvāda: Dhṛti, hospitality, and a dispute on autonomy

Devanagari script

पूर्वे तत्र महापाश्वे देवस्योत्तरतस्तथा । ऋतव: कालरात्रिश्व ये दिव्या ये च मानुषा:,महादेवजीके पूर्व तथा उत्तर भागमें महापार्श्व नामक पर्वत है, जहाँ ऋतु, कालरात्रि तथा दिव्य और मानुषभाव सब-के-सब मूर्तिमान्‌ होकर महादेवजीकी उपासना करते हैं। उस स्थानको लाँघकर तुम आगे बढ़ते ही चले जाना

Transliteration

pūrve tatra mahāpārśve devasyottaratas tathā | ṛtavaḥ kālarātriś ca ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ ||

Translation

To the east stands the great mountain called Mahāpārśva, and likewise to the north of the Lord. There the Seasons and Kālarātri—both in their divine and human manifestations—stand embodied and worship Mahādeva. Having crossed that sacred region, you should continue onward without stopping.

Word by Word

पूर्वेin the eastern (part)

तत्रthere

महापार्श्वेon/at (the mountain) Mahāpārśva

देवस्यof the god (Mahādeva)

उत्तरतःto the north / on the northern side

तथाand also / likewise

ऋतवःthe seasons

कालरात्रयःthe (goddess-like) Kālarātris / nights of Time

चand

येwho/which

दिव्याःdivine

येwho/which

चand

मानुषाःhuman

Speaker

वदान्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahāpārśva (mountain)

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Ṛ

Ṛtavaḥ (the Seasons, personified)

Kālarātri (personified cosmic night/time)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes