Shloka 36

Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ

Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names

Devanagari script

भेरुण्डा वामना: कुब्जा: स्थूलशीर्षास्तथैव च । क्लीबाश्चान्धाश्न बधिरा जायन्ते5त्युच्चलोचना:,उस दशामें भयंकर आकृतिवाले, बौने, कुबड़े, मोटे मस्तकवाले, नपुंसक, अंधे, बहरे और अधिक ऊँचे नेत्रोंवाले मनुष्य उत्पन्न होते हैं

Transliteration

bheruṇḍā vāmanāḥ kubjāḥ sthūlaśīrṣās tathaiva ca | klībāś cāndhāś ca badhirā jāyante ’tyuccalocanāḥ ||

Translation

ในสภาพเช่นนั้น ผู้คนย่อมเกิดมาด้วยรูปร่างน่าหวาดหวั่น—เตี้ยแคระ หลังค่อม ศีรษะใหญ่โต; ทั้งยังเป็นกะเทย/ไร้สมรรถภาพ ตาบอด หูหนวก และมีดวงตานูนเด่นเกินปกติ

Word by Word

भेरुण्डाःterrifying/ghastly (in form)

वामनाःdwarfish

कुब्जाःhunchbacked

स्थूलशीर्षाःthick-/large-headed

तथाthus/so; likewise

एवindeed/just

चand

क्लीबाःimpotent/eunuchs

चand

अन्धाःblind

चand

बधिराःdeaf

जायन्तेare born / come into being

अत्युच्चलोचनाःhaving very high/raised eyes

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (the hunter, speaker)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a karmic caution: unethical living is portrayed as leading to suffering and limitation in future births. It urges adherence to dharma by highlighting the feared outcomes of adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the hunter’s instruction (vyādha’s discourse), he lists distressing kinds of births—various physical impairments and frightening forms—as consequences associated with a degraded moral state, reinforcing his broader teaching on righteous conduct.