Shloka 71

Narmadā

Revā) Tīrtha Greatness: The Gandharva Maidens’ Curse Narrative (Acchodā Episode Begins

Devanagari script

रचयंति क्षणं शय्यां दीर्घिकां भोजिनीदलैः । वीज्यमानाः सखीभिस्ताः शीतलैर्नलिनीदलैः

Transliteration

racayaṃti kṣaṇaṃ śayyāṃ dīrghikāṃ bhojinīdalaiḥ | vījyamānāḥ sakhībhistāḥ śītalairnalinīdalaiḥ

Translation

వారు క్షణంలోనే చెరువుపై కమలదళాలతో శయ్యను నిర్మించారు; వారి సఖులు చల్లని కుముదదళాలతో వారికి వీచారు।

Word by Word

• रचयन्ति: they arrange, they make
• रचयन्ति: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• क्षणम्: for a moment
• क्षणम्: कालाधिकरण (Kāla-adhikaraṇa/Temporal extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); काल-अवधि (duration)

• शय्याम्: a bed, couch
• शय्याम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दीर्घिकाम्: long, extended
• दीर्घिकाम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier of शय्याम्)

• भोजिनी-दलैः: with bhojinī leaves
• भोजिनी-दलैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजिनी (प्रातिपदिक) + दल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुषः: 'भोजिन्याः दलैः' (with leaves of the bhojinī plant)

• वीज्यमानाः: being fanned
• वीज्यमानाः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier of ताः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वीज् (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त; कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्त/शानच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) रूपेण, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्त (Passive present participle); स्त्रीवाच्ये ताः इत्यस्य विशेषणत्वेन (agreeing in sense with feminine plural subject)

• सखीभिः: by (their) friends
• सखीभिः: करण (Karaṇa/Agent-instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शीतलैः: cool
• शीतलैः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier of नलिनीदलैः)

• नलिनी-दलैः: with lotus leaves
• नलिनी-दलैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नलिनी (प्रातिपदिक) + दल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुषः: 'नलिन्याः दलैः' (with lotus leaves)

Speaker

Narrative voice (speaker not identifiable from this single verse excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shringara

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: रचयंति → रचयन्ति; सखीभिस्ताः → सखीभिः ताः; शीतलैर्नलिनीदलैः → शीतलैः नलिनी-दलैः

FAQs

What scene is being described in this verse?

It depicts a refined leisure scene: women quickly make a resting couch on a pond from lotus leaves while companions cool them by fanning with water-lily leaves.

What is the significance of lotus and water-lily imagery in the Svargakhaṇḍa?

Such imagery emphasizes beauty, coolness, and effortless abundance—typical markers of heavenly or highly pleasurable settings in Purāṇic descriptions.

Does this verse teach a moral or devotional doctrine directly?

Not explicitly; it is primarily descriptive. Any ethical or spiritual takeaway would be indirect, contrasting transient pleasures with higher aims found elsewhere in the Purāṇa.