Shloka 14

बकवधोत्तर-प्रशमनम् | Post-slaying Stabilization after Baka’s Death

Devanagari script

भक्षयित्वा च मांसानि मानुषाणां प्रकामत: । नृत्याव सहितावावां दत्ततालावनेकश:,“इच्छानुसार मनुष्यमांस खाकर हम दोनों ताल देते हुए साथ-साथ अनेक प्रकारके नृत्य करें!

Transliteration

bhakṣayitvā ca māṁsāni mānuṣāṇāṁ prakāmataḥ | nṛtyāvā sahitāvāvāṁ dattatalāv anekaśaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Having eaten human flesh to our heart’s content, let the two of us together keep time by clapping and perform many kinds of dances.” The line conveys a deliberate, transgressive revelry—an image of moral inversion where cruelty is not only committed but celebrated.

Word by Word

• भक्षयित्वा: having eaten/devoured
• भक्षयित्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा, कर्तरि, पूर्वकाले (absolutive)

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

• मांसानि: fleshes/meats
• मांसानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मानुषाणाम्: of humans
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रकामतः: at will, as desired
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रकाम
• Form: तसिल्/तस् (adverbial ablative)

• नृत्याव: two dances / dancing (dual)
• नृत्याव: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• सहितौ: together, accompanied (the two of us)
• सहितौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• आवाम्: we two
• आवाम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: 1st, Nominative, Dual

• दत्ततालौ: keeping time / giving claps (the two of us)
• दत्ततालौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्तताल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अनेकशः: in many ways, repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेक
• Form: शस् (distributive adverb)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• human flesh (mānuṣa-māṁsa)