Shloka 58

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

तस्य कन्या त्विलविला रूपेणाप्रतिमाभवत् पुलस्त्याय स राजर्षिस् तां कन्यां प्रत्यपादयत्

Transliteration

tasya kanyā tvilavilā rūpeṇāpratimābhavat pulastyāya sa rājarṣis tāṃ kanyāṃ pratyapādayat

Translation

ਉਸ ਦੀ ਧੀ ‘ਇਲਵਿਲਾ’ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੇਮਿਸਾਲ ਸੀ। ਉਸ ਰਾਜਰਿਸ਼ੀ ਨੇ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਉਸ ਕੁਆਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਪੁਲਸਤ੍ਯ ਨੂੰ ਅਰਪਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him

• कन्या: daughter

• तु: indeed

• इलविला: Ilavilā (proper name)

• रूपेण: in beauty/form

• अप्रतिमा: incomparable

• अभवत्: became/was

• पुलस्त्याय: to Pulastya

• स: that

• राजर्षिः: royal sage

• ताम्: that

• कन्याम्: maiden/daughter

• प्रत्यपादयत्: bestowed/gave in marriage

Speaker

Suta Goswami