Shloka 63

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

Devanagari script

मन्दारपुष्पै: संकीर्णा तथा मन्दाकिनीं नदीम्‌ | स्वयंप्रभाश्चव मणयो वजैर्भूमिश्व भूषिता,उस प्रदेशमें मन्दाकिनी नदी प्रवाहित होती थी, जिसके स्रोतमें मन्दारके पुष्प बह रहे थे। वहाँ स्वयं प्रकाशित होनेवाली मणियाँ अपनी अद्भुत छटा बिखेर रही थीं। वहाँकी भूमि हीरोंसे जड़ी गयी थी

Transliteration

mandārapuṣpaiḥ saṅkīrṇā tathā mandākinīṃ nadīm | svayaṃprabhāś caiva maṇayo vajrair bhūmiś ca bhūṣitā ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “In that region flowed the river Mandākinī, its waters strewn with fallen mandāra blossoms. There, self-luminous gems cast their wondrous radiance, and even the very ground was adorned with diamonds.”

Word by Word

मन्दारपुष्पैःwith mandāra-flowers

संकीर्णाstrewn/covered

तथाand/also/likewise

मन्दाकिनीम्Mandākinī (river)

नदीम्river

स्वयम्by itself

प्रभाःself-luminous

चand

एवindeed/just

मणयःgems/jewels

वज्रैःwith diamonds/adamant

भूमिःthe ground/earth

भूषिताadorned/decorated

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mandākinī (river)

Mandāra flowers

Maṇi (gems)

Vajra (diamonds)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes