प्रतीहारः पुरः प्रह्वो भूत्वाऽऽह वसुधाधिपम् । देवस्नानद्विजार्चासु कालो व्यतिगतो भृशम् ॥ १० ॥
pratīhāraḥ puraḥ prahvō bhūtvā’’ha vasudhādhipam | dēvasnānadvijārcāsu kālō vyatigatō bhṛśam || 10 ||
Translation
The doorkeeper came forward, bowed, and said to the king: "The time for the bath, the worship of the gods and the honouring of brahmins has gone far past."
Word by word
- pratīhāraḥ
- the doorkeeper
- puraḥ
- forward
- prahvō
- (prahvaḥ) bowed
- bhūtvā
- came
- āha
- said
- vasudhā
- of the earth
- adhipam
- to the king (lord)
- dēva
- of the gods
- snāna
- for the bath
- dvija
- of brahmins
- arcāsu
- the worship and honouring
- kālō
- (kālaḥ) the time
- vyatigatō
- (vyatigataḥ) has gone past
- bhṛśam
- far
Meaning
The world of duties breaks in. The evening rites, bathing, worship of the gods and honouring of the twice-born, have their hour, and the doorkeeper, whose office is to keep the hours, reminds the king. The teaching does not abolish the day's duties; it pauses for them.