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Shloka 176

द्रोणेन दुर्योधनस्य कवचबन्धनम् — Drona’s Mantra-Bound Armor for Duryodhana

Devanagari script

छिन्नप्ररोहणं दुग्धं पात्रमौदुम्बरं शुभम्‌ । उस समय गोरूपधारिणी पृथ्वी वात्सल्य-स्नेहसे परिपूर्ण हो बछड़े, दुहनेवाले और दुग्धपात्रकी इच्छा करती हुई खड़ी हो गयी। वनस्पतियोंमेंसे खिला हुआ शालवृक्ष बछड़ा हो गया। पाकरका पेड़ दुहनेवाला बन गया। गूलर सुन्दर दुग्धपात्रका काम देने लगा। कटनेपर पुन: पनप जाना यही दूध था

Transliteration

chinnaprarohaṇaṃ dugdhaṃ pātram audumbaraṃ śubham |

Translation

Nārada said: “The milk was that which sprouts again after being cut; and the auspicious vessel for that milk was an udumbara (cluster-fig) bowl.” Here the Earth, as a cow filled with maternal affection, stands seeking a calf, a milker, and a vessel, so her bounty may be drawn in dharma; the “milk” signifies renewable sustenance—taken without destroying its source.

Word by Word

छिन्नcut, severed

प्ररोहणम्sprouting again, regrowth

दुग्धम्milk

पात्रम्vessel, container

औदुम्बरम्made of udumbara (fig wood)

शुभम्auspicious, beautiful

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Pṛthivī (Earth) as a cow

Udumbara (cluster-fig) vessel

Śāla tree (as calf, per the prose context)

Pākara tree (as milker, per the prose context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes