Shloka 6

आशा-कृशता उपाख्यानम्

The Episode on the Emaciation Caused by Hope

Devanagari script

आशा मद त्तरां मन्ये पर्वतादपि सद्रुमात्‌ आकाशादपि वा राजजन्नप्रमेयैव वा पुन:

Transliteration

āśāṃ mad-uttarāṃ manye parvatād api sa-drumāt | ākāśād api vā rājann aprameyaiva vā punaḥ ||

Translation

যুধিষ্ঠির বললেন—হে রাজন! আমি আশাকে নিজের চেয়েও অধিক প্রবল মনে করি। তা বৃক্ষসহ পর্বতের চেয়েও বৃহৎ, আকাশের চেয়েও বিস্তৃত; বারবারই তা অপরিমেয় বলে প্রতীয়মান হয়।

Word by Word

• आशा: hope, expectation
• आशा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मत्: from me / than me
• मत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Ablative, Singular

• तराम्: greater (comparative degree)
• तराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तर (तरा-)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मन्ये: I think / I consider
• मन्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Ātmanepada

• पर्वतात्: than a mountain / from a mountain
• पर्वतात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सद्रुमात्: than a good tree
• सद्रुमात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• आकाशात्: than the sky / from the sky
• आकाशात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जन: O man / O person
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• प्रमेया: measurable, limited
• प्रमेया: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमेय
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• पुनः: again; moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• rājan (addressed king)