Shloka 27

Devanagari script

स ददर्श तदाभ्याशे मातरं ते शुभाननाम्‌ | तामपि स्मयमानां स पायसेनाभ्यलेपयम्‌

Transliteration

sa dadarśa tadābhyāśe mātaraṃ te śubhānanām | tām api smayamānāṃ sa pāyasena abhyalepayat ||

Translation

Então ele viu, ali perto, tua mãe de belo semblante. Ela também estava de pé, sorrindo; e, em obediência à ordem do sábio, ungi igualmente com pāyasa os membros de tua mãe, que sorria.

Word by Word

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

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• अभ्याशे: nearby, in the vicinity
• अभ्याशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्याश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ते: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• शुभाननाम्: fair-faced (lady)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभानना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• स्म: indeed (particle, past-narrative emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म

• स्मयमानाम्: smiling
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मयमान
• Form: स्मि, शानच् (present active participle), Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• पायसेन: with rice-milk (pāyasa)
• पायसेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अभ्यलेपयत्: smeared/anointed (made to be smeared) upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-लिप्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative (णिच्)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• माता (the mother addressed as 'your mother')
• मुनि (the sage, by reference)
• पायस (pāyasa, rice-milk)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined compliance with a sage’s instruction: even an intimate, domestic moment (a mother smiling nearby) is brought under the authority of dharma as expressed through the rishi’s command, emphasizing restraint and duty over personal impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva recounts that he saw the addressee’s mother standing close by and smiling; following the sage’s order, he anointed/smeared her body as well with pāyasa (sweet rice-milk), extending the prescribed act to her too.