Shloka 28
Devanagari script
मुनि: पायसदिग्धाज़ीं रथे तूर्णमयोजयत् । तमारुहाय रथं चैव निर्ययौ स गृहान्मम
Transliteration
muniḥ pāyasadigdhāṅgīṃ rathe tūrṇam ayojayat | tam āruhāya rathaṃ caiva niryayau sa gṛhān mama ||
Translation
风神伐由说道：“那位仙人迅速将那全身涂满乳米甜粥（pāyasa）的王后系于战车之上；他随即登上那辆车，从我家中驶离而去。”
Word by Word
मुनिःthe sage
मुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पायस-दिग्ध-अङ्गीम्her whose limbs were smeared with rice-milk
पायस-दिग्ध-अङ्गीम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपायसदिग्धाङ्गी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
रथेin/on the chariot
रथे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तूर्णम्quickly
तूर्णम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूर्णम्
अयोजयत्yoked / harnessed
अयोजयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootयुज्
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तम्that (chariot)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आरुहायhaving mounted
आरुहाय:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-रुह्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada
रथम्the chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
निर्ययौwent out / departed
निर्ययौ:
TypeVerb
Rootनिर्-या
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गृहात्from the house
गृहात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootगृह
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
ममof me / my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)M
muni (sage)Q
queen (mahārāṇī; identified in the Hindi gloss as Rukmiṇī)C
chariot (ratha)V
Vāyu's dwelling/house (mama gṛha)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
That determined action grounded in a higher purpose (often linked with tapas and dharma) proceeds without being hindered by external status or physical condition; the narrative highlights swift execution of resolve and the authority attributed to ascetic agency.
Vāyu narrates that a sage quickly harnesses a queen—her body described as smeared with pāyasa—to a chariot, then mounts the chariot and departs from Vāyu’s dwelling, indicating a sudden, purposeful departure within the episode.