Shloka 3

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 116 — Pāṇḍu’s Transgression of the Curse and Mādrī’s Final Charge

Devanagari script

उक्ता महर्षिणा तेन व्यासेनामिततेजसा । कथं त्विदानीं भगवन्‌ कन्यां त्व॑ं तु ब्रवीषि मे,अनघ! इस समय आपने वैश्यापुत्र युयुत्सु तथा सौ पुत्रोंके अतिरिक्त एक कन्याकी भी चर्चा की है। अमिततेजस्वी महर्षि व्यासने गान्धारराजकुमारीको सौ पुत्र होनेका ही वरदान दिया था। भगवन्‌! फिर आप मुझसे यह कैसे कहते हैं कि एक कन्या भी हुई

Transliteration

Janamejaya uvāca | uktā maharṣiṇā tena vyāsenāmitatejasā | kathaṃ tv idānīṃ bhagavan kanyāṃ tvaṃ tu bravīṣi me, anagha |

Translation

Janamejaya said: “O venerable one, O sinless sage—earlier it was declared by the great seer Vyāsa of immeasurable splendor that the Gandhāra princess would be granted a hundred sons. How is it, then, that you now tell me that there was also a daughter?”

Word by Word

• {'uktā': 'said, declared', 'maharṣiṇā': 'by the great seer', 'tena': 'by him

• by that (person previously mentioned)', 'vyāsena': 'by Vyāsa', 'amita-tejasā': 'of immeasurable splendor/energy', 'katham': 'how?', 'tu': 'but/then (contrast or emphasis)', 'idānīm': 'now, at this point', 'bhagavan': 'O venerable one

• revered sir', 'kanyām': 'a daughter, maiden', 'tvam': 'you', 'bravīṣi': 'you say, you tell', 'me': 'to me', 'anagha': 'O blameless one

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Vyāsa
• Gandhāra princess (Gāndhārī, implied)