Shloka 106

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

तरड्राड़कितकेशाय मुज्जकेशाय वै नमः । नम: षट्कर्मतुष्टाय त्रिकर्मनिरताय च

Transliteration

taraḍrāḍakitakeśāya mujjakeśāya vai namaḥ | namaḥ ṣaṭkarmatūṣṭāya trikarmaniratāya ca

Translation

Bhīṣma said: Salutations indeed to the one whose hair is rough and matted, to the one with tangled locks. Salutations to him who is satisfied with the sixfold duties and who remains steadfastly engaged in the threefold duties as well.

Word by Word

• तरड्राड़कितकेशाय: to the one whose hair is (called) taraḍrāḍakita
• तरड्राड़कितकेशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरड्राड़कित-केश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• मुज्जकेशाय: to the one with muñja-grass-like hair / with a muñja-hair tuft
• मुज्जकेशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुज्ज-केश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

• षट्कर्मतुष्टाय: to the one pleased with the six rites/acts
• षट्कर्मतुष्टाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्-कर्म-तुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• त्रिकर्मनिरताय: to the one engaged in the three acts/rites
• त्रिकर्मनिरताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि-कर्म-निरत
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• an ascetic/holy figure being saluted (unnamed in this verse)