Shloka 27

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

Devanagari script

त्यक्त्वा दारांश्व पुत्रांश्व कस्मिंश्व॒ जनसंसदि । भक्ष्याभक्ष्यसमो भूत्वा निरग्निरनिकेतन:,उन्होंने अपनी पत्नी और पुत्रोंकोी किसी जन-समुदायमें छोड़ दिया और स्वयं अनग्निहोत्र तथा आश्रम त्यागकर भक्ष्य और अभक्ष्यमें समान भाव रखते हुए विचरने लगे

Transliteration

tyaktvā dārān ca putrān ca kasmiṁś ca jana-saṁsadi | bhakṣyābhakṣya-samo bhūtvā niragnir aniketanāḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Having abandoned wife and sons—leaving them in some public assembly—he then wandered on, giving up the sacred household fires and any fixed dwelling, and maintaining an equal attitude toward what is fit to eat and what is unfit.”

Word by Word

त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned

दारान्wives

चand

पुत्रान्sons

चand

कस्मिन्in some (place)

चand

जनसंसदिin an assembly of people

भक्ष्याभक्ष्यसमःequal (in attitude) toward edible and inedible

भूत्वाhaving become

निरग्निःwithout sacred fire (without maintaining fires)

अनिकेतनःhomeless; without a dwelling

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

wife (dārāḥ)

sons (putrāḥ)

jana-saṁsad (public assembly)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes