Shloka 8
ययातिपतनम् — Yayāti’s Fall and the Offer of Dharma
Nārada’s Account
वैदूर्याडकुरकल्पानि मृदूनि हरितानि च । चरन्तीश्लक्षणशष्पाणि तिक्तानि मधुराणि च
vaidūryāṅkurakalpāni mṛdūni haritāni ca | carantī ślakṣṇaśaṣpāṇi tiktāni madhurāṇi ca ||
Wika ni Nārada: “Nanginain siya ng malalambot at makikinis na talim ng damo—luntian at sariwa—na wari’y mga usbong ng vaidūrya (batong ‘cat’s-eye’), na may lasang bahagyang mapait at bahagyang matamis sa iisang sandali.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses refined natural imagery to underscore a life of restraint and purity: simple sustenance, gentle conduct, and harmony with nature are presented as supports for dharmic living (especially brahmacarya and disciplined self-control in the wider passage).
Nārada describes the woman’s forest-like mode of life through a vivid detail: she grazes on tender, smooth, green grasses likened to vaidūrya sprouts, with tastes both bitter and sweet—an image that situates her in an austere, nature-bound existence.