Shloka 20

अग्राह्य-ज्ञातिसंबन्धमण्डल-विवेचनम् / Managing Unreadable Kinship Networks: Vāsudeva–Nārada on Cohesion

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच अनायसं मुने शस्त्र मृदु विद्यामहं कथम्‌ | येनैषामुद्धरे जिह्नलां परिमृज्यानुमृज्य च,भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णने कहा--मुने! बिना लोहेके बने हुए उस कोमल शस्त्रको मैं कैसे जानूँ, जिसके द्वारा परिमार्जज और अनुमार्जज करके इन सबकी जिह्ठलाको उखाड़ लूँ

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | anāyasaṁ mune śastraṁ mṛdu vidyām ahaṁ katham | yenaiṣām uddhare jihvalāṁ parimṛjyānumṛjya ca |

Translation

Vāyudeva said: “O sage, how am I to know that gentle weapon which is not made of iron? By what means could I uproot the crookedness of their tongues—by repeatedly cleansing and polishing them?”

Word by Word

वायुदेवःVāyudeva (the Wind-god)

उवाचsaid

अनायासम्effortless; without exertion

मुनेO sage

शस्त्रम्weapon

मृदुsoft, gentle

विद्याम्knowledge

अहम्I

कथम्how?

येनby which

एषाम्of these (persons)

उद्धरेmay I extract / remove

जिह्वालाम्tongue (or tongue-tip)

परिमृज्यhaving wiped/cleansed (thoroughly)

अनुमृज्यhaving wiped again / having wiped along

चand

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva/Vāyu)

म

मुने (a sage, unnamed)

श

शस्त्र (a gentle, non-iron ‘weapon’/instrument)

ज

जिह्वा (tongue/speech)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes