Shloka 8

ययाति–शक्रसंवादः

Speech-Ethics and Forbearance in the Celestial Court

Devanagari script

देवयानी प्रजातासौ वृथाहं प्राप्तयौवना । यथा तया वृतो भर्ता तथैवाहं वृणोमि तम्‌,“देवयानी तो पुत्रवती हो गयी; किंतु मुझे जो जवानी मिली है, वह व्यर्थ जा रही है। जिस प्रकार उसने पतिका वरण किया है, उसी तरह मैं भी उन्हीं महाराजका क्यों न पतिके रूपमें वरण कर लूँ

Transliteration

devayānī prajātāsau vṛthāhaṃ prāptayauvanā | yathā tayā vṛto bhartā tathaivāhaṃ vṛṇomi tam ||

Translation

Śarmiṣṭhā said: “Devayānī has already become a mother; but the youth that has come to me is being wasted. Just as she chose her husband, so I too choose that very king as my husband.”

Word by Word

देवयानीDevayānī

प्रजाताhaving given birth; become a mother

असौshe (that one)

वृथाin vain; uselessly

अहम्I

प्राप्तobtained; attained

यौवनम्youth

यथाas; just as

तयाby her

वृतःchosen

भर्ताhusband

तथाso; in that manner

एवindeed; just

अहम्I

वृणोमिI choose

तम्him

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Devayānī

the king (unnamed in this verse)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes