Shloka 20

Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs

Devanagari script

त्वड्मांसं रुधिरं मेद: पित्तं मज्जा च स्नायु च । अथ चैन्द्रियकं तात तद्‌ भवानिदमाह माम्‌,तात! तुम मुझसे कह चुके हो कि शरीरमें जो त्वचा, मांस, रुधिर, मेदा, पित्त, मज्जा, सस्‍्नायु और इन्द्रियसमुदाय हैं (वे सब माता-पिताके सम्बन्धसे प्रकट हुए हैं)

Transliteration

tvag-māṁsaṁ rudhiraṁ medaḥ pittaṁ majjā ca snāyu ca | atha caindriyakaṁ tāta tad bhavān idam āha mām ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha said: “Skin, flesh, blood, fat, bile, marrow, and sinews—and also the aggregate of the senses, dear one—these you have already stated to me.”

Word by Word

त्वक्skin

मांसम्flesh

रुधिरम्blood

मेदःfat

पित्तम्bile

मज्जाmarrow

चand

स्नायुsinew/ligament

चand

अथthen/now

चand

ऐन्द्रियकम्pertaining to the senses; sensory aggregate

तातdear one/son (address)

तत्that

भवान्you (honorific)

इदम्this

आहsaid/has said

माम्me

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes