Shloka 9

ययाति–शक्रसंवादः

Speech-Ethics and Forbearance in the Celestial Court

Devanagari script

राज्ञा पुत्रफलं देयमिति मे निश्चिता मतिः । अपीदानीं स धर्मात्मा इयान्मे दर्शनं रह:,“मेरे याचना करनेपर राजा मुझे पुत्ररूप फल दे सकते हैं, इस बातका मुझे पूरा विश्वास है; परंतु कया वे धर्मात्मा नरेश इस समय मुझे एकान्तमें दर्शन देंगे?”

Transliteration

rājñā putraphalaṁ deyam iti me niścitā matiḥ | apīdānīṁ sa dharmātmā iyān me darśanaṁ rahaḥ ||

Translation

Śarmiṣṭhā said: “I am firmly convinced that, if I make my request, the king can grant me the fruit of a son. Yet will that righteous monarch, at this very time, give me a private audience?”

Word by Word

राज्ञाby the king

पुत्रफलम्the fruit in the form of a son

देयम्is to be given / should be given

इतिthus

मेof me / my

निश्चिताfirm / settled

मतिःthought / conviction

अपिalso; even; (interrog.) whether

इदानीम्now

सःhe

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled (one)

इयान्so much / to this extent

मेto me / my

दर्शनम्sight; audience

रहःin private / secretly

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

the king (rājā)

a son/offspring (putra)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes