Shloka 8

Ṛśyaśṛṅga’s Luring, Rainfall at Aṅga, and Reconciliation with Vibhāṇḍaka (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

ततो राजन्‌ काश्यपस्यैकपुत्र प्रवेश्य योगेन विमुच्य नावम्‌ । प्रमोदयन्त्यो विविधैरुपायै- राजग्मुरज्राधिपते: समीपम्‌,राजन! तदनन्तर विभाण्डक मुनिके इकलौते पुत्रको युक्तिसे नावमें ले जाकर वेश्याने नाव खोल दी। फिर सभी युवतियाँ भाँति-भाँतिके उपायोंद्वारा उनका मनोरंजन करती हुई अंगराजके समीप आयीं

Translation

Then, O king, the courtesan, by a stratagem, brought Vibhāṇḍaka’s only son into a boat and cast it off. Thereafter, as the young women delighted him by various means, they came into the presence of the lord of Aṅga.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

राजन्O king

काश्यपस्यof Kāśyapa

एकपुत्रम्the only son

प्रवेश्यhaving made (him) enter / having taken (him) in

योगेनby a device/stratagem

विमुच्यhaving released/loosened

नावम्the boat

प्रमोदयन्त्यःdelighting/entertaining

विविधैःby various

उपायैःmeans, devices

राजग्मुःthey went

अङ्गाधिपतेःof the lord of Aṅga

समीपम्near, to the vicinity

Speaker

विभाण्डक उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes