Shloka 92

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

नमो विकृतवक्त्राय खड्गजिद्दाय दं्टिणे । पक्‍्वाममांसलुब्धाय तुम्बीवीणाप्रियाय च

Transliteration

namo vikṛtavaktrāya khaḍgajiddāya daṃṭiṇe | pakvāmamāṃsalubdhāya tumbīvīṇāpriyāya ca

Translation

異様に歪み恐るべき顔を持ち、牙を備え、剣をも打ち破ると名高き者に礼拝する。熟した肉も生肉も貪り求め、トゥンビー・ヴィーナー（瓢箪の琴）を愛する者に礼拝する。

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्
• Form: indeclinable (used with dative)

• विकृत-वक्त्राय: to the one with a deformed/terrible face
• विकृत-वक्त्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकृतवक्त्र
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• खड्ग-जिद्दाय: to the giver of the sword-conqueror (i.e., to the sword-bestowing one)
• खड्ग-जिद्दाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्गजिद्द
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• दंष्ट्रिणे: to the tusked/fanged one
• दंष्ट्रिणे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंष्ट्रिन्
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• पक्व-आम-मांस-लुब्धाय: to the one greedy for cooked and raw flesh
• पक्व-आम-मांस-लुब्धाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पक्वाममांसलुब्ध
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• तुम्बी-वीणा-प्रियाय: to the one fond of the gourd-lute (tumbī-vīṇā)
• तुम्बी-वीणा-प्रियाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुम्बीवीणाप्रिय
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• khaḍga (sword)
• tumbī-vīṇā (gourd-lute)