Shloka 8

Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya

Devanagari script

उञ्छवृत्त्यार्जितान् बीजान् स्वयं पिष्ट्वा च सा तदा बीजपिष्टं तदालोड्य तोयेन कलभाषिणी

Transliteration

uñchavṛttyārjitān bījān svayaṃ piṣṭvā ca sā tadā bījapiṣṭaṃ tadāloḍya toyena kalabhāṣiṇī

Translation

Pagkaraan, siya—na may matamis na tinig—ay kumuha ng mga butil na natipon sa uñcha-vṛtti (pamumulot ng natirang ani), dinurog iyon sa sariling mga kamay; at hinalo ang dinikdik na iyon sa tubig, upang ihanda bilang handog at ikabubuhay, sa diwa ng mahigpit na tapas na nakaayon kay Pati (Śiva).

Word by Word

• uñcha-vṛttyā: by the livelihood of gleaning

• arjitān: obtained/earned

• bījān: grains/seeds

• svayam: herself

• piṣṭvā: having ground/pounded

• ca: and

• sā: she

• tadā: then

• bīja-piṣṭam: paste/flour of the grains

• tat: that

• āloḍya: having mixed/stirred

• toyena: with water

• kalabhāṣiṇī: sweet-voiced woman (lit. one who speaks like a young elephant/softly)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)