प्रहेलिकाभिराख्यानैस्तथा चाऽक्षरमुष्टिभिः । अष्टापदैर्बहुद्यूतैस्तथा गूढचतुर्थकैः ॥ १० ॥
prahēlikābhirākhyānaistathā cā’kṣaramuṣṭibhiḥ | aṣṭāpadairbahudyūtaistathā gūḍhacaturthakaiḥ || 10 ||
Translation
with riddles, tales, and akṣaramuṣṭi; with chess, many dice games, and the hidden-fourth;
Word by word
- prahēlikābhir
- (prahelikābhiḥ) with riddles
- ākhyānais
- (ākhyānaiḥ) with tales
- tathā
- and
- ca
- also
- akṣaramuṣṭibhiḥ
- with akṣaramuṣṭi
- aṣṭāpadair
- (aṣṭāpadaiḥ) with chess
- bahu
- many
- dyūtais
- (dyūtaiḥ) with dice games
- gūḍhacaturthakaiḥ
- with the hidden-fourth
Meaning
The commentary: with the jokes and stories of the world, with legends of old, with akṣaramuṣṭi and pāsā (a dice game), with aṣṭāpada (an eight-square board, the commentary says chess), and with gūḍhacaturthaka and other games of chance. Akṣaramuṣṭi seems to be a game of guessing letters hidden in the fist; gūḍhacaturthaka a verse game in which the fourth line is hidden and must be supplied.