Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततो बहुतिथे काले लोपामुद्रां विशाम्पते । तपसा द्योतितां स्‍्नातां ददर्श भगवानृषि:,राजन! जब इसी प्रकार बहुत समय व्यतीत हो गया, तब एक दिन भगवान्‌ अगस्त्यमुनिने ऋतुस्नानसे निवृत्त हुई पत्नी लोपामुद्राको देखा। वह तपस्याके तेजसे प्रकाशित हो रही थी। महर्षिने अपनी पत्नीकी सेवा, पवित्रता, इन्द्रियसंयम, शोभा तथा रूप-सौन्दर्यसे प्रसन्न होकर उसे मैथुनके लिये पास बुलाया

Transliteration

tato bahutithe kāle lopāmudrāṃ viśāmpate | tapasā dyotitāṃ snātāṃ dadarśa bhagavān ṛṣiḥ ||

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช ครั้นกาลล่วงไปนานดังนี้ วันหนึ่งพระฤๅษีอคัสตยะได้ทอดพระเนตรโลปามุทราผู้เพิ่งเสร็จจากการอาบน้ำตามฤดูกาล นางส่องประกายด้วยเดชแห่งตบะ

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

बहु-तिथेafter many days (lit. in a time of many days)

कालेin (that) time

लोपामुद्राम्Lopāmudrā

विशाम्-पतेO lord of the people (O king)

तपसाby austerity

द्योतिताम्illumined, radiant

स्नाताम्bathed, having bathed

ददर्शsaw

भगवान्the venerable, blessed

ऋषिःsage

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lopāmudrā

Agastya (bhagavān ṛṣiḥ, implied as the seer)

King (viśāmpati, addressee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights balance in dharma: austerity and self-control are honored, yet household life and conjugal duty also have a rightful place when approached with purity, mutual respect, and proper timing (kāla).

What is happening in the narrative?

After a long period, the sage Agastya sees his wife Lopāmudrā returning from her bath, glowing with ascetic radiance, and—pleased by her disciplined conduct—calls her near, indicating readiness to enter the conjugal phase of their life.