तस्मिन्नदीशैलवनोपगूढे साग्निः सदारः सुतवानरोगः । गोक्षीरवान् राजभयाद्विमुक्तः सर्वातिथिर्धर्मपरो द्विजोऽभूत् ॥ ३८ ॥
tasminnadīśailavanōpagūḍhē sāgniḥ sadāraḥ sutavānarōgaḥ | gōkṣīravān rājabhayādvimuktaḥ sarvātithirdharmaparō dvijō’bhūt || 38 ||
Translation
In that place, hidden among rivers, mountains and forests, there lived a brahmin, keeping his fire, with wife and sons, free of illness, rich in cows' milk, free of fear of kings, host to every guest, intent on dharma.
Word by word
- tasmin
- in that
- nadī
- among rivers
- śaila
- mountains
- vana
- and forests
- upagūḍhē
- hidden
- sa
- with
- agniḥ
- his fire
- dāraḥ
- wife
- sutavān
- with sons
- arōgaḥ
- free of illness
- gō
- cows’
- kṣīravān
- rich in milk
- rāja
- of kings
- bhayād
- (bhayāt) of fear
- vimuktaḥ
- free
- sarva
- every
- atithir
- (atithiḥ) host to guests
- dharma
- on dharma
- parō
- (paraḥ) intent
- dvijō
- (dvijaḥ) a brahmin
- abhūt
- there lived
Meaning
The sarga ends in upajāti metre. The commentary: in that village, surrounded by rivers, mountains and forests, lived a brahmin who kept the sacred fire, with his wife and sons, healthy, with cows and their milk, free of the king's harassment, devoted to dharma and to the service of guests. The next sarga names him Vasiṣṭha: a householder whose life, like Padma's, holds everything one could want.