Shloka 19

Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa

Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment

Devanagari script

तयोरावसथावास्तां रमणीयौ पृथक्‌ पृथक्‌ । नित्यपुष्पफलैवक्षैरुपेती बाहुदामनु,बाहुदा नदीके तटपर उन दोनोंके अलग-अलग परम सुन्दर आश्रम थे, जो सदा फल- फूलोंसे लदे रहनेवाले वृक्षोंसे सुशोभित थे

Transliteration

tayor āśramāv āstāṃ ramaṇīyau pṛthak pṛthak | nityapuṣpaphalair vṛkṣair upetī bāhudām anu ||

Translation

The two of them had their own hermitages, each separate and exceedingly beautiful. Those āśramas were adorned with trees that were perpetually laden with flowers and fruits, situated along the river Bāhudā.

Word by Word

तयोःof those two

आवसथौtwo dwellings/abodes (hermitages)

आस्ताम्were/stood/existed

रमणीयौdelightful/beautiful (two)

पृथक्separately

पृथक्each apart (repetition for emphasis)

नित्यwith constant/ever-present (as qualifier in compound)

पुष्पwith flowers (as qualifier in compound)

फलैःwith fruits

वक्षैःwith trees

उपेतीendowed with/adorned with

बाहुदाम्the Bahudā (river)

अनुalong/by (the side of)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyasa

two ascetics (unnamed in this verse)

ashramas

Bāhudā river

trees

flowers

fruits

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes