Shloka 536

Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

न तात तरुण दान्तं पिता त्वां पश्यतेडनघ । गालवजीने कहा--राजन! विश्वामित्र मुनिकी आज्ञा पाकर मैं अपने पिताजीका दर्शन करनेके लिये घरपर आया। उस समय मेरी माता वैधव्यके दुःखसे दुःखी हो जोर-जोरसे रोती हुई मुझसे बोली--'तात! अनघ! कौशिक मुनिकी आज्ञा लेकर घरपर आये हुए वेदविद्यासे विभूषित तुझ तरुण एवं जितेन्द्रिय पुत्रको तुम्हारे पिता नहीं देख सके'

Transliteration

na tāta taruṇa dāntaṃ pitā tvāṃ paśyate 'nagha |

Translation

“Dear child, O blameless one—your father is not able to see you, though you have returned as a young man, self-controlled, and adorned with Vedic learning after receiving the command of the sage Kauśika (Viśvāmitra).”

Word by Word

नnot

तातO dear (son)/O child

तरुणyoung

दान्तम्self-controlled

पिताfather

त्वाम्you

पश्यतेsees

अनघO sinless one

Speaker

गालव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Gālava

Gālava's mother

Gālava's father

Kauśika (Viśvāmitra)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes