Shloka 5

Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)

Devanagari script

अश्मोवाच उत्पन्नमिममात्मानं नरस्यानन्तरं ततः । तानि तान्यनुवर्तन्ते दु:खानि च सुखानि च,अश्माने कहा--राजन्‌! मनुष्यका यह शरीर जब जन्म ग्रहण करता है, तब उसके साथ ही सुख और दुःख भी उसके पीछे लग जाते हैं

Transliteration

aśmovāca utpannam imam ātmānaṁ narasyānantaraṁ tataḥ | tāni tāny anuvartante duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca ||

Translation

অশ্মাই ক’লে— হে ৰাজন! মানুহৰ এই দেহধাৰী আত্মা যেতিয়া জন্ম গ্ৰহণ কৰে, তেতিয়াই তাৰ পাছতে সুখ আৰু দুখ পালাক্ৰমে তাৰ পিছু লয়।

Word by Word

अश्माAshma (a speaker’s name)

उवाचsaid

उत्पन्नम्arisen, born

इमम्this

आत्मानम्self; person; body (here: embodied self)

नरस्यof a man

अनन्तरम्immediately after

ततःthen; thereafter

तानिthose (things)

तानिthose (very same)

अनुवर्तन्तेfollow (along), pursue

दुःखानिsufferings

चand

सुखानिpleasures, happinesses

चand

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Aśma

King (rājan)

human being (nara)

self (ātman)

sukha

duḥkha

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes