Shloka 28

चित्रसेन-समागमः / The Engagement with Citrasena and the Gandharvas

Devanagari script

अनर्म चापि हसित द्वारि स्थानमभीक्ष्णश: । अवस्करे चिरस्थानं निष्कुटेषु च वर्जये,“पतिके किये हुए परिहासके सिवा अन्य समयमें मैं नहीं हँसा करती, दरवाजेपर बार- बार नहीं खड़ी होती, जहाँ कूड़े-करकट फेंके जाते हों, ऐसे गंदे स्थानोंमें देरतक नहीं ठहरती और बगीचोंमें भी बहुत देरतक अकेली नहीं घूमती हूँ

Transliteration

anarma cāpi hasita dvāri sthānam abhīkṣṇaśaḥ | avaskare cirasthānaṃ niṣkuṭeṣu ca varjaye ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Except for playful jest with my husband, I do not laugh at other times. I do not stand repeatedly at the doorway. I do not linger long in filthy places where refuse is thrown, and I also avoid wandering alone for long in secluded garden-groves.”

Word by Word

अनर्मimpropriety, unbecoming act

चand

अपिalso, even

हसितेin laughter; in (the act of) laughing

द्वारिat the door

स्थानम्standing, staying (a position)

अभीक्ष्णशःrepeatedly, again and again

अवस्करेin a refuse-place; at a rubbish heap

चिरस्थानम्long staying; lingering long

निष्कुटेषुin secluded spots / gardens / bowers

चand

वर्जयेI avoid, I shun

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

doorway (dvāra)

refuse/dump (avaskara)

secluded groves/garden-bowers (niṣkuṭa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes