Shloka 8

Yayāti’s Request for Youth: Sons’ Refusals and Pūru’s Acceptance (ययातेः यौवन-विनिमयः)

Devanagari script

देवयान्युवाच वेदाहं तात बालापि धर्माणां यदिहान्तरम्‌ । अक्रोधे चातिवादे च वेद चापि बलाबलम्‌,देवयानीने कहा--पिताजी! यद्यपि मैं अभी बालिका हूँ फिर भी धर्म-अधर्मका अन्तर समझती हूँ। क्षमा और निन्दाकी सबलता और निर्बलताका भी मुझे ज्ञान है

Transliteration

devayāny uvāca: vedāhaṃ tāta bālāpi dharmāṇāṃ yad ihāntaram | akrodhe cātivāde ca veda cāpi balābalam ||

Translation

Devayānī sagte: „Vater, obgleich ich noch ein junges Mädchen bin, verstehe ich in dieser Sache den Unterschied zwischen dharma und adharma. Auch kenne ich Stärke und Schwäche der Nachsicht (Zornlosigkeit) wie auch der harten, übermäßigen Rede.“

Word by Word

• देवयानी: Devayānī
• देवयानी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवयानी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वेद: I know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• तात: O father/dear father
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बाला: a girl/child
• बाला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: even/although
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• धर्माणाम्: of dharmas / of right conduct
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• यत्: which/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here/in this matter
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अन्तरम्: difference/distinction
• अन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अक्रोधे: in non-anger / in forbearance
• अक्रोधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• अतिवादे: in excessive speech/abuse/over-argument
• अतिवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• वेद: I know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: also/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• बलाबलम्: strength and weakness (the relative force)
• बलाबलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल-अबल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devayānī
• Śukra (as father, implied by 'tāta')
• dharma