मत्स्यभेदः, मुद्राभेदःThe kinds of fish and of mudrā
Verse 9
मुद्राऽपि त्रिविधा प्रोक्ता उत्तमादिविभेदतः । चन्द्रबिम्बनिभं शुभ्रं शालितण्डुलसम्भवम् । यवगोधूमजं वाऽपि घृतपक्वं मनोरमम् ॥ ९ ॥
mudrā’pi trividhā prōktā uttamādivibhēdataḥ | candrabimbanibhaṁ śubhraṁ śālitaṇḍulasambhavam | yavagōdhūmajaṁ vā’pi ghṛtapakvaṁ manōramam || 9 ||
Translation
Mudrā too is said to be of three kinds, the best and the others. Like the disc of the moon, white, made of śāli rice, or of barley or wheat, cooked in ghee and pleasing:
Word by word
- mudrā
- mudrā (grain)
- api
- too
- trividhā
- of three kinds
- prōktā
- said
- uttama
- best
- ādi
- and the rest
- vibhēdataḥ
- by distinction
- candra
- moon
- bimba
- disc
- nibhaṁ
- like
- śubhraṁ
- white
- śāli
- śāli rice
- taṇḍula
- grain
- sambhavam
- made of
- yava
- barley
- gōdhūma
- wheat
- jaṁ
- made of
- vā
- or
- ghṛta
- ghee
- pakvaṁ
- cooked
- manōramam
- pleasing
Meaning
Mudrā, the fourth tattva, is parched or cooked grain. The commentary gives cakes (śaṣkulī) of fine rice as the best.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Candra-bimba-nibham: like the orb of the moon; śubhram: white; śāli-taṇḍula-sambhavam: made of śāli rice, such as cakes (śaṣkulī) and the like. (Covers verses 9 and 10.)