Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

मृतचैलपरिस्तीर्ण निर्माल्यकृत भूषणम्‌ । सर्पनिर्मोकमालाभि: कृतचिह्लकुटीमठम्‌,मुर्दोके ऊपरसे उतारे गये कपड़े चारों ओर फैलाये गये थे और वहींसे उतारे हुए फ़ूलकी मालाओंसे उन चाण्डालोंके घर सजे हुए थे। चाण्डालोंकी कुटियों और मठोंको सर्पकी केंचुलोंकी मालाओंसे विभूषित एवं चिह्नित किया गया था

Transliteration

mṛtacailaparistīrṇaṃ nirmālyakṛta-bhūṣaṇam | sarpanirmokamālābhiḥ kṛtacihna-kuṭīmaṭham ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “Cloths taken from the dead were spread all around, and ornaments were fashioned from discarded garlands. The huts and little monasteries of those Chandala were marked and decorated with garlands made of cast-off snake-skins.”

Word by Word

• मृतचैलपरिस्तीर्णम्: spread with dead-clothes (cast-off garments)
• मृतचैलपरिस्तीर्णम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृतचैल-परिस्तीर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• निर्माल्यकृतभूषणम्: having ornaments made of discarded garlands
• निर्माल्यकृतभूषणम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्माल्य-कृत-भूषण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्पनिर्मोकमालाभिः: with garlands of snake-sloughs
• सर्पनिर्मोकमालाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प-निर्मोक-माला
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• कृतचिह्नकुटीमठम्: whose huts and monasteries were marked (with signs)
• कृतचिह्नकुटीमठम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-चिह्न-कुटी-मठ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• mṛtacaila (cloths of the dead)
• nirmālya (discarded garlands)
• sarpa-nirmoka (snake sloughs)
• mālā (garlands)
• kuṭī (huts)
• maṭha (monastic dwellings)