Shloka 5

अध्याय 66: इक्ष्वाकुवंश-ऐलवंशप्रवाहः (त्रिशङ्कु-राम-ययात्यादि-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

पितरं सो ऽब्रवीत् त्यक्तः क्व गच्छामीति वै द्विजाः पिता त्वेनमथोवाच श्वपाकैः सह वर्तय

Transliteration

pitaraṃ so 'bravīt tyaktaḥ kva gacchāmīti vai dvijāḥ pitā tvenamathovāca śvapākaiḥ saha vartaya

Translation

ত্যাগ কৰা অৱস্থাত সি পিতাক ক’লে, “হে দ্বিজসকল, মই ক’লৈ যাম?” তেতিয়া পিতাই তাক ক’লে, “শ্বপাকসকলৰ সৈতে বাস কৰ।”

Word by Word

• पितरम्: to (his) father

• सः: he

• अब्रवीत्: said

• त्यक्तः: abandoned/rejected

• क्व: where

• गच्छामि: shall I go

• इति: thus

• वै: indeed

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (address to the Brahmins/sages)

• पिता: the father

• त्व: you

• एनम्: to him

• अथ: then

• उवाच: said

• श्वपाकैः: with śvapākas (outcastes/dog-cookers)

• सह: together/with

• वर्तय: live/associate (imperative)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (outer narration), quoting a father’s instruction within the story