Verse 27.2

रक्ताम्बरा भूषणभक्ष्यचिन्ता कुम्भाकृतिर्वाजिमुखी तृषार्ता ।
एकेन पादेन च मेषमध्ये द्रेष्काणरूपं यवनोपदिष्टम् ॥ २॥

raktāmbarā bhūṣaṇabhakṣyacintā kumbhākṛtirvājimukhī tṛṣārtā |
ekena pādena ca meṣamadhye dreṣkāṇarūpaṃ yavanopadiṣṭam || 2||

A woman [wearing] a red garment, thinking about decoration and food, the shape of a pitcher, having the face of a horse, suffering from thirst, and with one foot is the form of the drekkana taught by Yavana in the middle of Aries.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2007)

Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown

rakta = red
ambarā = garment
raktāmbarā (stem form: raktāmbarā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = a red garment
bhūṣaṇa = decoration
bhakṣya = food
cintā = thinking about bhūṣaṇabhakṣyacintā (stem form:
bhūṣaṇabhakṣyacintā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = thinking about decoration and food
kumbha = pitcher
ākṛti = shape
kumbhākṛtis (stem form: kumbhākṛti) (feminine, nominative, singular) = shape of a pitcher
vājin = horse
mukhī = face
vājimukhī (stem form: vājimukhī) (feminine, nominative, singular) = the face of a horse
tṛṣārtā (stem form: tṛṣārtā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = suffering from thirst
ekena (stem form: eka) (masculine, instrumental, singular) = with one
pādena (stem form: pāda) (masculine, instrumental, singular) = with a foot
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
meṣa = Aries
madhya = middle
meṣamadhye (stem form: meṣamadhya) (masculine, locative, singular) = in the middle of Aries
dreṣkāṇa = drekkana
rūpa = form
dreṣkāṇarūpam (stem form: dreṣkāṇarūpa) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the form of the drekkana
yavana = Yavana
upadiṣṭa = taught
yavanopadiṣṭam (upa + 6th class verb root: diś) (past passive participle, neuter, nominative, singular) = taught by Yavana

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (27.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raktambara, Bhushana, Bhakshin, Bhakshya, Bhakshi, Acinta, Kumbha, Akriti, Vaji, Uksh, Trisharta, Eka, Pada, Mesha, Adhi, Dreshkana, Rupa, Yavana, Upadishta,

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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 27.2

Brihat Jātaka of Varāhamihira
by Michael D Neely (2007)

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Last Updated: 22 December, 2024