Shloka 9
Aṣṭāvakra and the Woman: Disclosure, Permission, and Marital Resolution (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय २२)
Devanagari script
तस्य स्वादुतयान्नस्य न प्रभूतं चकार सः । व्यगमच्चाप्यह:शेषं ततः संध्यागमत् पुन:
Transliteration
tasya svādutayānnasya na prabhūtaṃ cakāra saḥ | vyagamac cāpy ahaḥśeṣaṃ tataḥ sandhyāgamat punaḥ ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：他被那食物的甘美深深迷住，竟无法让自己认为已经足够——说不出口“够了，已圆满了”。就在这般沉溺之中，白日余时悄然流逝，暮色黄昏又一次降临。
Word by Word
तस्यof that (food)
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
स्वादुतयाby/owing to (its) tastiness
स्वादुतया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वादुता
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
अन्नस्यof the food
अन्नस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्रभूतम्sufficient, enough
प्रभूतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रभूत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
चकारmade/considered (it to be)
चकार:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
व्यगमत्passed away, elapsed
व्यगमत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + गम्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अहःशेषम्the remainder of the day
अहःशेषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअहःशेष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
सन्ध्याevening twilight
सन्ध्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसन्ध्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अगमत्came, arrived
अगमत्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
Bhishma (speaker)F
food (anna)E
evening twilight (sandhyā)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Unchecked attraction to sensory pleasure (here, taste) can dull discernment of sufficiency and cause neglect of time-bound duties; dharma requires moderation and awareness of time.
A person becomes so absorbed in the sweetness of the food that he cannot stop or declare it enough; as he continues, the day passes and evening twilight arrives again, implying missed or delayed obligations.