Shloka 26

Jaradkāru Encounters the Pitṛs

Jaratkāru-Pitṛdarśana

Devanagari script

तेनेह क्षुधितेनाद्य श्रान्तेन च तपस्विना । अजानता कृतं मन्ये व्रतमेतदिदं मम,वे आज भूखे और थके-माँदे यहाँ आये थे। वे तपस्वी नरेश मेरे इस मौन-व्रतको नहीं जानते थे; मैं समझता हूँ इसीलिये उन्होंने मेरे साथ ऐसा बर्ताव कर दिया

Transliteration

teneiha kṣudhitenādya śrāntena ca tapasvinā | ajānatā kṛtaṃ manye vratam etad idaṃ mama ||

Translation

“I believe that what was done here today was done unknowingly by that hungry and weary ascetic. He did not know of this vow of silence of mine; therefore, I think he behaved toward me in that manner.”

Word by Word

तेनby him/therefore (by that person)

इहhere

क्षुधितेनby (one who is) hungry

अद्यtoday/now

श्रान्तेनby (one who is) weary

चand

तपस्विनाby an ascetic

अजानताby (one who is) not knowing

कृतम्done; an act (done)

मन्येI think

व्रतम्vow/observance

एतत्this

इदम्this (here)

ममof me/my

Speaker

शमीक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śamīka (speaker)

the hungry and weary ascetic (implied visitor, i.e., Parīkṣit in the narrative context)

vow of silence (mauna-vrata)

Sandhi Notes