Shloka 19

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्चात्तापः तथा वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse and Request for Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

विहाराहारकालेषु माल्यशय्यासनेषु च । स्त्रियश्व ते सुगुप्ता: स्युर्वद्धैराप्तैरधिषछ्ठिता:

Transliteration

vihārāhārakāleṣu mālyaśayyāsaneṣu ca | striyaś ca te sugupṭāḥ syur vṛddhair āptair adhiṣṭhitāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Pada waktu bersenang-senang dan saat makan, juga dalam urusan kalung bunga, ranjang, dan tempat duduk, para perempuanmu hendaknya dijaga dengan baik—berada di bawah pengawasan para sesepuh yang terpercaya.”

Word by Word

• विहार: in (times/acts of) recreation
• विहार: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• आहार: in (times of) eating/food
• आहार: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• कालेषु: at times
• कालेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• माल्य: among garlands/ornaments
• माल्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माल्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• शय्या: on beds
• शय्या: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• आसनेषु: on seats
• आसनेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुगुप्ताः: well-guarded, well-protected
• सुगुप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुगुप्त
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• स्युः: may be / should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural

• वृद्धैः: by elders
• वृद्धैः: Karana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आप्तैः: by trusted (persons), by intimates
• आप्तैः: Karana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: आप्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अधिष्ठिताः: stationed over/guarded, supervised
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-स्था
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• striyaḥ (womenfolk)
• mālya (garlands)
• śayyā (beds)
• āsana (seats)
• vṛddhāḥ (elders)
• āptāḥ (trusted persons)