Shloka 19

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

पृथुवस्त्रा मधुलिका मधुकुम्भा तथैव च | पक्षालिका मत्कुलिका जरायुर्जर्जरानना

Transliteration

pṛthuvastrā madhulikā madhukumbhā tathaiva ca | pakṣālikā matkulikā jarāyur jarjarānanā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «Il y avait des femmes nommées Pṛthuvastrā, Madhulikā, Madhukumbhā, Pakṣālikā, Matkulikā, Jarāyu et Jarjarānanā.»

Word by Word

• पृथुवस्त्राः: broad-clothed (women)
• पृथुवस्त्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथुवस्त्र
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• मधुलिकाः: honey-sellers / honey-women (name/class)
• मधुलिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुलिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• मधुकुम्भाः: those with honey-jars / honey-pot women
• मधुकुम्भाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुकुम्भ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• च: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पक्षालिकाः: washerwomen / cleaners (name/class)
• पक्षालिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षालिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• मत्कुलिकाः: women of the Matkula clan / a named group
• मत्कुलिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्कुलिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• जरायुः: afterbirth, placenta; (also) a being born from a womb
• जरायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जर्जराननाः: having withered/broken faces
• जर्जराननाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जर्जरानना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pṛthuvastrā
• Madhulikā
• Madhukumbhā
• Pakṣālikā
• Matkulikā
• Jarāyu
• Jarjarānanā