Shloka 7

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 178 — Royal Contestants Assemble; Cosmic Witnesses; The Bow Remains Unstrung

Devanagari script

मा तात तात तातेति ब्रूहोनं पितरं पितु: । रक्षसा भक्षितस्तात तव तातो वनान्तरे,“बेटा! ये तुम्हारे पिताके भी पिता हैं। तुम इन्हें 'तात तात!” कहकर न पुकारो। वत्स! तुम्हारे पिताको तो वनके भीतर राक्षस खा गया

Transliteration

mā tāta tāta tā teti brūhī naṁ pitaraṁ pituḥ | rakṣasā bhakṣitas tāta tava tāto vanāntare ||

Translation

The Gandharva said: “Do not address him again and again as ‘father, father’—he is your father’s father. Alas, dear child, your father was devoured by a rākṣasa in the depths of the forest.”

Word by Word

माdo not

तातdear son / child

तातdear son

तातेO dear one

इतिthus / saying

ब्रूहिsay / address

एनम्him / this person

पितरम्father

पितुःof (your) father

रक्षसाby a rākṣasa / demon

भक्षितःeaten / devoured

तातdear son

तवyour

तातःfather (lit. dear one; here: father)

वनान्तरेin the interior of the forest

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

ग

गन्धर्व (Gandharva)

र

राक्षस (Rākṣasa)

प

पितामह (father’s father / grandfather, implied by 'pitaram pituḥ')

व

वन (forest)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes