त्रिशंको गच्छ भूयस्त्वं नासि स्वर्गकृतालयः || १-६०-१७ गुरुशापहतो मूढ पतभूमिमवाग् शिराः |
tat shrutvaa vacanam tasya kroshamaanasya kaushikaH || 1-60-19 roSham aahaarayat tiivram tiShTha tiShTha iti ca abraviit |
Translation
Oh, Trishanku, you have not yet made heaven as your haunt, hence retrace your steps. As you are thrashed by the damning of your mentor Vashishta, you inane human, again fall down on earth, but with your head inversed. [1-60-17b, 18a]
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Word by word
b, 18a. trishanko
oh Trishanku
svargakR^itaalayaH
made heaven as [your] haunt
na asi
not, you are
tvam bhuuyaH gacCha
you, again, go [retrace your steps]
gurushaapahataH
thrashed by [your] mentor [Vashishta's,] damning
muuDha
you inane [human]
avaag shiraaH
with down turned, head [head inversed]
bhuumim pata
you fall down on earth.
Chapter context
Trishanku's ascension to heaven
28 verses · Verse 17 of 28
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