Shloka 19

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्चात्तापः तथा वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse and Request for Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

विहाराहारकालेषु माल्यशय्यासनेषु च । स्त्रियश्व ते सुगुप्ता: स्युर्वद्धैराप्तैरधिषछ्ठिता:

Transliteration

vihārāhārakāleṣu mālyaśayyāsaneṣu ca | striyaś ca te sugupṭāḥ syur vṛddhair āptair adhiṣṭhitāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “At times of recreation and at meals, and in matters of garlands, beds, and seats, your womenfolk should be well protected—kept under the vigilant care and supervision of trusted elders.”

Word by Word

विहारin (times/acts of) recreation

आहारin (times of) eating/food

कालेषुat times

माल्यamong garlands/ornaments

शय्याon beds

आसनेषुon seats

चand

स्त्रियःwomen

चand

तेof you/your

सुगुप्ताःwell-guarded, well-protected

स्युःmay be / should be

वृद्धैःby elders

आप्तैःby trusted (persons), by intimates

अधिष्ठिताःstationed over/guarded, supervised

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

striyaḥ (womenfolk)

mālya (garlands)

śayyā (beds)

āsana (seats)

vṛddhāḥ (elders)

āptāḥ (trusted persons)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes