Shloka 16

Chatra–Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative

Jamadagni–Reṇukā–Sūrya Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

भूगुरुवाच प्रत्याक्रोशेदिहाक्रुष्टस्ताडित: प्रतिताडयेत्‌ । खादेच्च पृष्ठमांसानि यस्ते हरति पुष्करम्‌,भगु बोले--मुने! जिसने आपके कमलकी चोरी की है, वह गाली सुनकर बदलेमें गाली दे और मार खाकर बदलेमें स्वयं भी मारे तथा दूसरेकी पीठके मांस खाय अर्थात्‌ उपर्युक्त पापोंका भागी हो

Transliteration

bhṛgur uvāca pratyākrośed ihākr̥ṣṭas tāḍitaḥ pratitäḍayet | khādec ca pṛṣṭhamāṁsāni yas te harati puṣkaram ||

Translation

Bhṛgu said: “If abused here, let him abuse in return; if struck, let him strike back. Let the one who has stolen your lotus even eat the flesh from another’s back—meaning, let him become a sharer in the very sins just described.”

Word by Word

भृगुःBhṛgu (the sage)

उवाचsaid

प्रत्याक्रोशेत्should abuse in return

इहhere (in this world/context)

आक्रुष्टःhaving been abused

ताडितःhaving been struck

प्रतिताडयेत्should strike back

खादेत्should eat

चand

पृष्ठ-मांसानिthe flesh of (someone's) back

यःwho

तेof you / your

हरतिsteals / takes away

पुष्करम्the lotus (lit. puṣkara)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhṛgu

puṣkara (lotus)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes