Shloka 26

Devanagari script

फलानि च सुगन्धीनि भक्षितानि ततस्तत: । सुसुगन्धाश्च वार्योघास्त्वच्छरीरविनि:सृता:

Transliteration

phalāni ca sugandhīni bhakṣitāni tatastataḥ | susugandhāś ca vāryoghās tvaccharīrāviniḥsṛtāḥ ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “ผลไม้หอมได้ถูกข้าพเจ้ารับประทานซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า; และจากกายของท่านก็มีสายน้ำไหลหลั่งออกมา มีกลิ่นหอมยิ่งนัก”

Word by Word

फलानिfruits

चand

सुगन्धीनिfragrant

भक्षितानिeaten/consumed

ततःthereafter/from that

ततःthen/from there

सुसुगन्धाःvery fragrant

चand

वार्यौघाःstreams/floods of water

तुbut/indeed

अच्छरीरfrom the clear/pure body

विनिःसृताःissued forth/emerged

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

fragrant fruits

streams/torrents of water

skin (tvac)

body (śarīra)

Vaiśampāyana

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an extraordinary, purified condition—suggesting that disciplined living and inner refinement can transform even bodily experience into something auspicious and fragrant, symbolizing purity and the fruits of austerity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a marvel: fragrant fruits are repeatedly consumed, and then unusually fragrant streams of water are said to flow forth from the person’s skin and body, emphasizing a wondrous or sanctified state within the forest narrative.