Shloka 11

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 98 — Paraśurāma’s kṣatriya suppression; Dīrghatamas, Bali, Sudēṣṇā, and the birth of Aṅga

Devanagari script

स्‍्नुषा मे भव सुश्रोणि पुत्रार्थ त्वां वृणोम्यहम्‌ । स्नुषापक्षं हि वामोरु त्वमागम्य समाश्रिता,सुश्रोणि! तुम मेरी पुत्रवधू हो जाओ। मैं अपने पुत्रके लिये तुम्हारा वरण करता हूँ; क्योंकि वामोरु! तुमने यहाँ आकर मेरी उसी जाँघका आश्रय लिया है, जो पुत्रवधूके पक्षकी है

Transliteration

pratīpa uvāca |

snuṣā me bhava suśroṇi putrārthaṁ tvāṁ vṛṇomy aham |

snuṣāpakṣaṁ hi vāmoru tvam āgamya samāśritā ||

Translation

Pratīpa said: “O fair-hipped lady, become my daughter-in-law; for the sake of my son I choose you. For, O woman of beautiful thighs, you have come here and taken refuge upon that side of my thigh which is reserved for a daughter-in-law.”

Word by Word

स्नुषाdaughter-in-law

मेof me / my

भवbe (become)

सुश्रोणिO fair-hipped one

पुत्रार्थम्for (my) son / for the sake of a son

त्वाम्you

वृणोमिI choose / I select

अहम्I

स्नुषा-पक्षम्the side/part belonging to a daughter-in-law

हिindeed / for

वामोरुO lovely-thighed one

त्वम्you

आगम्यhaving come

समाश्रिताhaving taken refuge / having resorted to

Speaker

प्रतीप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pratīpa

a young woman addressed as Suśroṇī/Vāmoru (later identified in the narrative as Gaṅgā)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes