Shloka 9

Aṣṭāvakra and the Woman: Disclosure, Permission, and Marital Resolution (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय २२)

Devanagari script

तस्य स्वादुतयान्नस्य न प्रभूतं चकार सः । व्यगमच्चाप्यह:शेषं ततः संध्यागमत्‌ पुन:

Transliteration

tasya svādutayānnasya na prabhūtaṃ cakāra saḥ | vyagamac cāpy ahaḥśeṣaṃ tataḥ sandhyāgamat punaḥ ||

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ເພາະຄວາມແຊບຫວານຂອງອາຫານນັ້ນ ລາວຖືກດຶງດູດຢ່າງແຮງ ຈົນບໍ່ອາດຖືວ່າ “ພໍແລ້ວ” ໄດ້—ບໍ່ອາດເວົ້າວ່າ “ພໍ, ສຳເລັດແລ້ວ” ໄດ້. ໃນຄວາມຫຼົງໄຫຼນັ້ນເອງ ເວລາທີ່ເຫຼືອຂອງວັນກໍຜ່ານໄປ ແລະສະແດງຄ່ຳຄືນກໍມາຮອດອີກຄັ້ງ.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (food)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स्वादुतया: by/owing to (its) tastiness
• स्वादुतया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वादुता
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अन्नस्य: of the food
• अन्नस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• प्रभूतम्: sufficient, enough
• प्रभूतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभूत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चकार: made/considered (it to be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यगमत्: passed away, elapsed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अहःशेषम्: the remainder of the day
• अहःशेषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहःशेष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सन्ध्या: evening twilight
• सन्ध्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्ध्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अगमत्: came, arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• food (anna)
• evening twilight (sandhyā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked attraction to sensory pleasure (here, taste) can dull discernment of sufficiency and cause neglect of time-bound duties; dharma requires moderation and awareness of time.

What is happening in the narrative?

A person becomes so absorbed in the sweetness of the food that he cannot stop or declare it enough; as he continues, the day passes and evening twilight arrives again, implying missed or delayed obligations.