Shloka 8

Agastya–Lopāmudrā: Marriage, Austerity, and Conditions for Conjugal Union (लोमशकथितम्)

Devanagari script

ततो महीधरं जम्मुर्थर्मज्षेनाभिसंस्कृतम्‌

Transliteration

tato mahīdharaṃ jambūmūrtam armajñenābhisaṃskṛtam

Translation

Then he prepared and consecrated a mountain-like mass, shaped like a jambu (rose-apple), with expert knowledge and careful ritual refinement—signaling a deliberate, dharma-guided act rather than a casual or impulsive deed.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• महीधरम्: mountain (earth-holder)
• महीधरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीधर (मही + धर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जम्बू: the jambu tree / Jambu
• जम्बू: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बू
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उत्तम: excellent, best
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (महीधरम् इति विशेषणम्)

• अक्षेण: with an axle / by an axle
• अक्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अभिसंस्कृतम्: prepared, made ready, well-arranged
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-सम्-√कृ (संस्कृ) (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (महीधरम् इति कर्मणि विशेषणम्)

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• mahīdhara (mountain-like object/mass)
• jambu (rose-apple; as a shape-reference)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that significant actions should be undertaken with knowledge, proper preparation, and sanctifying intention—suggesting that dharma is upheld not only by goals but also by disciplined means.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśaṃpāyana) describes someone fashioning a large, mountain-like object or mass in the shape of a jambu and then carefully preparing/consecrating it, indicating a purposeful and methodical step within the episode.