Shloka 113

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

तपोवनानि यज्ञांश्व॒ हृष्टो5भ्येमि पुन: पुनः । यज्ञ त्वहमिमं श्रुत्वा कुरुराजस्य धीमत:

Transliteration

tapovanāni yajñāṁś ca hṛṣṭo ’bhyemi punaḥ punaḥ | yajña tv aham imaṁ śrutvā kururājasya dhīmataḥ ||

Translation

«مسرورًا أذهب مرّة بعد مرّة إلى غابات النُّسّاك (tapovana) وإلى شعائر القُربان (yajña). ولمّا سمعتُ بهذا اليَجْنَة الذي يقيمه ملكُ الكورو الحكيم، جئتُ أنا أيضًا إلى هنا من أجل اليَجْنَة.»

Word by Word

• तपोवनानि: groves/forests of asceticism (hermitages)
• तपोवनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• यज्ञान्: sacrifices
• यज्ञान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• हृष्टः: delighted, joyful
• हृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्येमि: I approach / I go towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada, अभि

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• यज्ञे: in/at the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Active

• कुरुराजस्य: of the Kuru king
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धीमतः: of the wise/intelligent (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

श्षशुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्वशुर (father-in-law; speaker)
• कुरुराज (king of the Kurus)