Shloka 23
स्नानविधिः — गायत्र्यावाहन, सूर्यवन्दन, तर्पण, पञ्चमहायज्ञ, भस्मस्नान, मन्त्रस्नान
Devanagari script
यावत् त्वदृष्टम् अभवद् उटजानां छदं नरः प्राच्यामुदीच्यां च तथा प्रागुदीच्यामथापि वा
Transliteration
yāvat tvadṛṣṭam abhavad uṭajānāṃ chadaṃ naraḥ prācyāmudīcyāṃ ca tathā prāgudīcyāmathāpi vā
Translation
Enquanto o homem ainda não tinha visto as coberturas de colmo das cabanas de folhas dos ascetas—quer no oriente, quer no norte, ou mesmo no nordeste—ele continuou a procurar adiante.
Word by Word
yāvatso long as
yāvat:
tvadṛṣṭamnot seen by you / by him (unseen)
tvadṛṣṭam:
abhavatoccurred / came to be
abhavat:
uṭajānāmof the huts of ascetics (leaf-huts)
uṭajānām:
chadamroof, thatch-covering
chadam:
naraḥman, person
naraḥ:
prācyāmin the eastern direction
prācyām:
udīcyāmin the northern direction
udīcyām:
caand
ca:
tathālikewise
tathā:
prāgudīcyāmin the north-eastern direction
prāgudīcyām:
athāpior else, even
athāpi:
vāor
vā:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the episode within the Linga Purana)