Shloka 6

गदायुद्ध-समारम्भः

Commencement of the Mace-Duel Proceedings

Devanagari script

अन्रैव ब्राह्मणी सिद्धा कौमारब्रह्म॒चारिणी । योगयुक्ता दिवं याता तपःसिद्धा तपस्विनी,“यहीं कुमारावस्थासे ब्रह्मचर्यका पालन करनेवाली एक सिद्ध ब्राह्मणी रहती थी, जो तपःसिद्ध तपस्विनी थी। वह योगयुक्त होकर स्वर्गलोकमें चली गयी

Transliteration

atraiva brāhmaṇī siddhā kaumāra-brahmacāriṇī | yoga-yuktā divaṃ yātā tapaḥ-siddhā tapasvinī ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Right here there lived a perfected Brahmin woman, one who had observed brahmacarya from her very girlhood. Accomplished through austerity and steadfast in ascetic discipline, she—absorbed in yoga—departed to the heavenly realm.”

Word by Word

अत्रhere

एवindeed/just

ब्राह्मणीa Brahmin woman

सिद्धाaccomplished/perfected

कौमार-ब्रह्मचारिणीone who observes brahmacarya from girlhood

योग-युक्ताjoined with yoga/absorbed in yoga

दिवम्to heaven

याताgone

तपः-सिद्धाperfected through austerity

तपस्विनीfemale ascetic

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

brāhmaṇī (a siddhā ascetic woman)

divaṃ (heaven)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes