मत्स्यभेदः, मुद्राभेदःThe kinds of fish and of mudrā
Verse 8
उत्तमास्त्रिविधा मत्स्याः शालपाठीनरोहिताः । मध्यमाः कण्टकैर्हीना अधमा बहुकण्टकाः । तेऽपि देव्यै प्रदातव्या यदि सुष्ठु विभर्जिताः ॥ ८ ॥
uttamāstrividhā matsyāḥ śālapāṭhīnarōhitāḥ | madhyamāḥ kaṇṭakairhīnā adhamā bahukaṇṭakāḥ | tē’pi dēvyai pradātavyā yadi suṣṭhu vibharjitāḥ || 8 ||
Translation
Fish of three kinds are the best: śāla, pāṭhīna and rohita. Those without bones are middling; those with many bones the lowest. Even these may be offered to the Goddess if well fried.
Word by word
- uttamās
- (uttamāḥ) the best
- trividhā
- of three kinds
- matsyāḥ
- fish
- śāla
- śāla
- pāṭhīna
- pāṭhīna
- rōhitāḥ
- rohita
- madhyamāḥ
- middling
- kaṇṭakair
- (kaṇṭakaiḥ) bones
- hīnā
- without
- adhamā
- lowest
- bahu
- many
- kaṇṭakāḥ
- bones
- tē
- they
- api
- even
- dēvyai
- to the Goddess
- pradātavyā
- to be offered
- yadi
- if
- suṣṭhu
- well
- vibharjitāḥ
- fried
Meaning
The fish are graded by quality, but none is excluded.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Te 'pi: even those, the fish with many bones.