Shloka 6

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 101: Bhogavatī-varṇana, Nāga-vaṃśa-kathana, and Sumukha-vivāha-prastāva

Devanagari script

फेनपा नाम ते ख्याता: फेनाहाराश्न मातले । उग्रे तपसि वर्तन्ते येषां बिभ्यति देवता:,मातले! फेनका आहार करनेके कारण वे महर्षिगण “फेनप” नामसे विख्यात हैं। वे बड़ी कठोर तपस्यामें संलग्न रहते हैं। उनसे देवतालोग भी डरते हैं

Transliteration

phenapā nāma te khyātāḥ phenāhārāśn māṭale | ugre tapasi vartante yeṣāṃ bibhyati devatāḥ ||

Translation

O Mātali, those sages are renowned by the name Phenapā, for they subsist on foam as their food. They abide in exceedingly austere tapas; such is the intensity of their discipline that even the gods stand in awe of them.

Word by Word

फेनपाःthe Fenapas (foam-eaters; a class of sages)

नामby name / as (their) name

तेthey

ख्याताःare renowned / are known

फेनाहाराःhaving foam as food / foam-eating

अश्नन्तिthey eat

मातलेO Mātali

उग्रेin fierce (austerity)

तपसिin austerity

वर्तन्तेthey abide / they remain engaged

येषाम्of whom / whose

बिभ्यतिthey fear

देवताःthe deities

मातलेO Mātali

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Mātali

Phenapāḥ (foam-eating sages)

Devatāḥ (gods)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes