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

Тогда Лопамудра — стройноногая и длинноокая — сбросила свои тонкие, драгоценные и прекрасные одежды. Надев ветхие и скромные одеяния, кору-волокно и оленью шкуру, она приняла те же обеты и тот же строгий уклад, что и её супруг, сообразив жизнь свою с его подвижническими установлениями.

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.