Shloka 9

Agastya’s Encounter with Ilvala and Vātāpi; Dāna, Progeny, and the Renown of Agastya-Āśrama

Devanagari script

ततः सा दर्शनीयानि महाहाणि तनूनि च । समुत्ससर्ज रम्भोरुर्वसनान्यायतेक्षणा,तब कदलीके समान जाँघ तथा विशाल नेत्रोंवाली लोपामुद्राने अपने बहुमूल्य, महीन एवं दर्शनीय वस्त्र उतार दिये और फटे-पुराने वस्त्र तथा वलकल और मृगचर्म धारण कर लिये। वह विशालनयनी बाला पतिके समान ही व्रत और आचारका पालन करनेवाली हो गयी

Transliteration

tataḥ sā darśanīyāni mahārhāṇi tanūni ca | samutsasarja rambhorur vasanāny āyatekṣaṇā ||

Translation

ထို့နောက် ပေါင်သွယ်၍ မျက်လုံးရှည်သော လောပာမုဒြာသည် လှပ၍ တန်ဖိုးကြီးသော အဝတ်အစားများကို ချွတ်ပယ်လေ၏။ ထို့ပြင် အဟောင်းအနွမ်းအဝတ်များ၊ သစ်ခေါက်အဝတ်နှင့် သမင်အရေကို ဝတ်ဆင်ကာ မိမိခင်ပွန်း၏ ဝရတနှင့် စည်းကမ်းတရားကို တူညီစွာ လိုက်နာ၍ တပသီအကျင့်နှင့် ကိုက်ညီအောင် နေထိုင်လေ၏။

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

साshe

दर्शनीयानिbeautiful, worthy to be seen

महाहाणिvery fine/valuable (garments) (reading uncertain)

तनूनिthin, delicate

चand

समुत्ससर्जcast off, discarded

रम्भोरुःshe whose thighs are like plantain-stems

वसनानिgarments, clothes

आयत-ईक्षणाlong-eyed, wide-eyed

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lopāmudrā

garments (vasanāni)

bark-fibre clothing (valkala)

deerskin (mṛgacarma)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma through voluntary renunciation and shared discipline: Lopāmudrā chooses simplicity and ascetic conduct to harmonize with her husband’s vows, presenting marital partnership as a field for self-restraint and ethical alignment rather than mere comfort.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lopāmudrā removes her costly, attractive garments and adopts humble ascetic attire such as bark-fibre and deerskin, thereby taking on the same vows and regulated conduct as her husband in the forest-ascetic setting.