Shloka 5

ऋतुपर्णस्य विदर्भयात्रा-निश्चयः तथा बाहुकस्य हयपरिक्षा (Ṛtuparṇa’s resolve to go to Vidarbha and Bāhuka’s examination of horses)

Devanagari script

अस्या रूपेण सदृशी मानुषी न हि विद्यते । अस्या होष भ्रुवोर्मध्ये सहज: पिप्लुरुत्तम:,रूपमें इसकी समानता करनेवाली कोई भी मानवकन्या नहीं है। इसके दोनों भौंहोंके बीच एक जन्मजात उत्तम तिलका चिह्न है

Transliteration

asyā rūpeṇa sadṛśī mānuṣī na hi vidyate | asyā hoṣa bhruvormadhye sahajaḥ pipluruttamaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Among human maidens there is none to match her in beauty. And between her two eyebrows there is a naturally formed, excellent mark—like a tilaka—set there from birth.”

Word by Word

अस्याःof her

रूपेणby/with (her) beauty/form

सदृशीsimilar (one)

मानुषीa human woman

नnot

हिindeed/for

विद्यतेexists/is found

अस्याःof her

भ्रुवोःof (her) two eyebrows

मध्येin the middle/between

सहजःinnate/born-with

पिप्लुःa mole/beauty-spot (tilaka-like mark)

उत्तमःexcellent/supreme

Speaker

युदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

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