एवमुक्त्वा दितिश्शक्रं प्राप्ते मध्यं दिवाकरे। निद्रयाऽपहृता देवी पादौ कृत्वाऽथ शीर्षत:।।1.46.16।।
Meaning
Having said this to Shakra, when the sun reached midday, the goddess Diti, overcome by sleep, lay down with her feet toward her head.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| evam uktvā ditiḥ śakram | एवम् उक्त्वा दितिः शक्रम् | having said this to Shakra, Diti | Adverbial / Gerund / Nominative / Accusative |
| prāpte madhyam divākare | प्राप्ते मध्यम् दिवाकरे | when the sun had reached the midpoint | Locative absolute |
| nidrayā apahṛtā devī | निद्रया अपहृता देवी | the goddess, overcome by sleep | Instrumental / Nominative / Nominative |
| pādau kṛtvā atha śīrṣataḥ | पादौ कृत्वा अथ शीर्षतः | then having placed her feet at the head | Accusative / Gerund / Adverbial / Adverbial |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source explains the specific impurity in Diti's posture: sitting and leaning on her knees, her braid touched her feet, and she then fell asleep with her head at the foot-end and feet at the head-end of her resting place -- neither facing east nor south as prescribed. It cites a dk gloss: anena vratasthaanaam divaa svaapaH paada sthaane shiraH sthaapanam ca ashucikaram iti suucitam -- 'by this it is indicated that daytime sleep, and placing the head where the feet should be, is impure for one under a vow.' Napping at midday while under a ritual vow was itself already improper, compounding the lapse.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.46.16 · Bāla Kāṇḍa