Shloka 45

Jayadrathasya śoka-bhaya-vilāpaḥ — Droṇena āśvāsanaṃ ca

Jayadratha’s lament and Droṇa’s reassurance

Devanagari script

कि कुर्म: काम॑ कामा्ह कामाज्जातो<सि पुत्रक | करिष्यामि प्रियं सर्व ब्रूहि स्थाणो यदिच्छसि,“अपने अभीष्ट मनोरथको प्राप्त करनेयोग्य पुत्र! तुम मेरे मानसिक संकल्पसे उत्पन्न हुए हो। मैं तुम्हारी कौन-सी कामना पूर्ण करूँ? स्थाणो! तुम जो कुछ चाहते हो, बतलाओ। मैं तुम्हारा सम्पूर्ण प्रिय कार्य करूँगा"

Transliteration

kiṁ kurmaḥ kāmaṁ kāmāḥ kāmāj jāto ’si putraka | kariṣyāmi priyaṁ sarvaṁ brūhi sthāṇo yad icchasi ||

Translation

قال نارادا: «ماذا أصنع لك؟ يا بُنيَّ الحبيب، لقد نشأتَ من رغبة نفسي وقصدي. فقل لي، يا سْثَانُو، ماذا تشتهي؛ فسأُنجز لك كلَّ ما يسرّك سرورًا تامًّا».

Word by Word

• {'kiṁ': 'what?', 'kurmaḥ': 'shall I/we do (1st person plural, deliberative)', 'kāmam': 'a desire

• what is desired', 'kāmāḥ': 'desires (plural)

• also an emphatic repetition of ‘wish’ in address', 'kāmāt': 'from desire/wish

• by reason of a wish', 'jātaḥ asi': 'you are born/come into being', 'putraka': 'dear son

• affectionate diminutive of ‘son’', 'kariṣyāmi': 'I shall do

• I shall accomplish', 'priyam': 'dear

• beloved', 'sarvam': 'all

• wholly', 'brūhi': 'tell (imperative)', 'sthāṇo': 'O Sthāṇu (proper name/epithet, vocative)', 'yad': 'whatever

• that which', 'icchasi': 'you desire

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sthāṇu
• putraka (the son addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a moral moment: when power to grant wishes is offered, the recipient’s choice becomes ethically decisive. It highlights responsibility in desire—what one asks for shapes one’s path and consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a son called Sthāṇu, stating that the child has arisen from his mental resolve/wish, and offers to fulfill any desired request, inviting him to state what he wants.