Shloka 29

Matsya Purana — Purūravas Witnesses the Sports of Apsarases and Gandharvas; Attains the Grace...

Devanagari script

त्वयैव पीतौ तौ नूनम् इत्युक्ता रमणेन सा तथा विदित्वा मुग्धत्वाद् बभूव व्रीडिता भृशम् //

Transliteration

tvayaiva pītau tau nūnam ityuktā ramaṇena sā tathā viditvā mugdhatvād babhūva vrīḍitā bhṛśam //

Translation

Thus addressed by her beloved—“Surely, it was you who drank those two”—she, realizing her own naïve folly, became intensely ashamed.

Word by Word

• tvayā eva: by you alone/indeed by you

• pītau: drunk (dual)

• tau: those two (dual)

• nūnam: surely, indeed

• iti uktā: thus spoken/so told

• ramaṇena: by the lover/beloved

• sā: she

• tathā: thus/in that manner

• viditvā: having understood/realizing

• mugdhatvāt: due to innocence/naïveté

• babhūva: became

• vrīḍitā: ashamed/embarrassed

• bhṛśam: greatly, intensely

Speaker

• Narrator (Sūta-style puranic narration; the verse reports dialogue of the lover)

Tags

• Matsya Purana narrative episode
• Puranic romance
• Social decorum
• Embarrassment (vrīḍā)
• Ethics and modesty

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse does not discuss pralaya or cosmology; it focuses on a human emotional moment—recognition of innocence and the arising of shame—within a narrative episode.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

Indirectly, it highlights restraint, awareness, and social propriety: recognizing one’s mistake (mugdhatva) and responding with modesty (vrīḍā) aligns with household ethics and cultured conduct praised in Purāṇic dharma.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu, temple-building, iconography, or ritual procedure is mentioned in this verse; it is purely narrative and psychological in tone.