Shloka 8

Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya

Devanagari script

उञ्छवृत्त्यार्जितान् बीजान् स्वयं पिष्ट्वा च सा तदा बीजपिष्टं तदालोड्य तोयेन कलभाषिणी

Transliteration

uñchavṛttyārjitān bījān svayaṃ piṣṭvā ca sā tadā bījapiṣṭaṃ tadāloḍya toyena kalabhāṣiṇī

Translation

そのとき彼女—甘やかな声の持ち主—は、ウñチャ・ヴリッティ（落ち穂拾い）によって得た穀粒を自らの手で搗き、さらにその粉を水で練り合わせ、供養と糧とするために整えた。すべては戒律ある苦行として、パティ（シヴァ）にかなう心であった。

Word by Word

• uñcha-vṛttyā: by the livelihood of gleaning

• arjitān: obtained/earned

• bījān: grains/seeds

• svayam: herself

• piṣṭvā: having ground/pounded

• ca: and

• sā: she

• tadā: then

• bīja-piṣṭam: paste/flour of the grains

• tat: that

• āloḍya: having mixed/stirred

• toyena: with water

• kalabhāṣiṇī: sweet-voiced woman (lit. one who speaks like a young elephant/softly)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)