Shloka 30

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 85: Āṣṭaka–Yayāti संवादः

Merit-Exhaustion, Rebirth, and the Critique of Pride

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्त: प्रत्युवाच पूरु: पितरमञ्जसा । यथा<55त्थ मां महाराज तत्‌ करिष्यामि ते वच:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--ययातिके ऐसा कहनेपर पूरुने अपने पितासे विनयपूर्वक कहा--“महाराज! आप मुझे जैसा आदेश दे रहे हैं, आपके उस वचनका मैं पालन करूँगा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca evam uktaḥ pratyuvāca pūruḥ pitaram añjasā | yathāttha māṃ mahārāja tat kariṣyāmi te vacaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Thus addressed, Pūru replied to his father without hesitation: “O great king, just as you have instructed me, so will I carry out your command.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'वैशम्पायन उवाच (vaiśampāyana uvāca)', 'definition': 'Vaiśampāyana said (narratorial formula)'}, {'term': 'एवम् (evam)', 'definition': 'thus, in this manner'}, {'term': 'उक्तः (uktaḥ)', 'definition': 'having been spoken to

• addressed'}, {'term': 'प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca)', 'definition': 'replied, answered in return'}, {'term': 'पूरुः (pūruḥ)', 'definition': 'Pūru (son of Yayāti)'}, {'term': 'पितरम् (pitaram)', 'definition': 'to (his) father'}, {'term': 'अञ्जसा (añjasā)', 'definition': 'straightforwardly

• without delay'}, {'term': 'यथा (yathā)', 'definition': 'as, just as'}, {'term': 'आत्थ (āttha)', 'definition': 'you said

• you have spoken (2nd person perfect of √ah)'}, {'term': 'माम् (mām)', 'definition': 'me'}, {'term': 'महाराज (mahārāja)', 'definition': 'O great king (vocative)'}, {'term': 'तत् करिष्यामि (tat kariṣyāmi)', 'definition': 'that I will do

• I shall carry it out'}, {'term': 'ते वचः (te vacaḥ)', 'definition': 'your word/command'}]

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pūru
• Yayāti