२.४२.३

न चाहृष्यन्न चामोदन्वणिजो न प्रसारयन् ।
न चाशोभन्त पण्यानि नापचन्गृहमेधिनः ॥

अन्वयः

न अहृष्यन् च not rejoiced, न अमोदन् च not delighted, वणिजः traders, न प्रसारयन् did not offer for sale, पण्यानि च marketplaces also, न अशोभन्त did not look graceful, गृहमेधिनः householders, नापचन् did not cook.

M N Dutt

They forgot to rejoice or make merry, and the traders did not spread (their stores), and stalls did not grace the place, and the householders did not cook, and people did not rejoice on recovering lost property or gaining a profuse accession of wealth, and mothers did not feel any delight on beholding their first-born.

Summary

The people had no joy in life nor did they find cheer in anything. The merchants did not offer their wares for sale. The marketplace looked graceless (lifeless). (The stocks were empty). The householders did not cook their food.

पदच्छेदः

(अव्ययः)
चाहृष्यन् (अव्ययः)–अहृष्यत् (√हृष् लङ् प्र.पु. एक.)
(अव्ययः)
चामोदन् (अव्ययः)–अमोदन् (√मुद् लङ् प्र.पु. बहु.)
वणिजोवणिज् (१.३)
(अव्ययः)
प्रसारयन्प्रसारयन् (√प्र-सारय् लङ् प्र.पु. बहु.)
(अव्ययः)
चाशोभन्त (अव्ययः)–अशोभन्त (√शुभ् लङ् प्र.पु. बहु.)
पण्यानिपण्य (१.३)
नापचन् (अव्ययः)–अपचन् (√पच् लङ् प्र.पु. बहु.)
गृहमेधिनःगृहमेधिन् (१.३)

छन्दः

अनुष्टुप् [८]

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