Shloka 5

Aṣṭāvakra and the Woman: Disclosure, Permission, and Marital Resolution (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय २२)

Devanagari script

दिव्यं च विधिवच्चक्रे सोपचारं मुनेस्तदा । स तेन सुसुखोष्णेन तस्या हस्तसुखेन च

Transliteration

divyaṃ ca vidhivaccakre sopacāraṃ munestadā | sa tena susukhoṣṇena tasyā hastasukhena ca

Translation

毗湿摩说道：随后，她依照仪轨，以庄严而合乎法度的方式行礼，周到地致敬于仙人。仙人既因那恰到好处的温暖侍奉而舒适，也因她双手的柔和抚慰而安然。

Word by Word

• दिव्यम्: divine, splendid (rite/act)
• दिव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विधिवत्: according to rule, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• चक्रे: did, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• स-उपचारम्: with due honors/attentions
• स-उपचारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोपचार
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मुनेः: of the sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सु-सुख-उष्णेन: with very pleasant warmth
• सु-सुख-उष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसुखोष्ण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तस्याः: of her
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• हस्त-सुखेन: with the comfort/pleasure of (her) hand-touch
• हस्त-सुखेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तसुख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a sage (muni)
• a woman (tasyāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is expressed through vidhivat conduct—doing what is proper and prescribed—and through sopacāra, respectful hospitality and service to worthy guests such as sages.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes a scene where someone renders proper, rule-bound honors and service to a sage, and the recipient is eased and comforted by warm attentions and by the soothing touch of a woman’s hands.