Shloka 162

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 3 — Janamejaya’s Rite, Dhaumya’s Parīkṣā, and Uttanka’s Kuṇḍala Quest (सर्पसत्रप्रस्तावना–गुरुपरीक्षा–उत्तङ्कोपाख्यान)

Devanagari script

तत्र च मया दृष्टे स्त्रियां तन्त्रेडथिरोप्य पर्ट वयन्त्यौ तस्मिंश्न कृष्णा: सिताश्न तनन्‍्तव: कि तत्‌,“वहीं मैंने दो स्त्रियाँ देखी, जो करघेपर सूत रखकर कपड़ा बुन रही थीं। उस करघेमें काले और सफेद रंगके सूत लगे थे। वह सब क्या था?

Transliteration

tatra ca mayā dṛṣṭe striyau tantre 'dhirōpya paṭaṃ vayantyau tasmiṃś ca kṛṣṇāḥ sitāś ca tantavaḥ; kiṃ tat?

Translation

There I saw two women weaving cloth, having set the threads upon a loom. On that loom were threads of black and of white. What was that meant to be?

Word by Word

तत्रthere

चand

मयाby me

दृष्टेI saw

स्त्रियौtwo women

तन्त्रेon the loom

अधिupon/over

आरोप्यhaving placed/laid (on)

पटम्cloth

वयन्त्यौweaving

तस्मिन्in that

कृष्णाःblack (threads)

सिताःwhite (threads)

तन्तवःthreads

किम्what?

तत्that

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rama (speaker)

two women (striyau)

loom (tantra)

cloth (paṭa)

threads/yarn (tantavaḥ)

black threads (kṛṣṇāḥ tantavaḥ)

white threads (sitāḥ tantavaḥ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes