Shloka 40

Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)

Devanagari script

नाहं पुनरिहागन्ता लोकानालोकयाम्यहम्‌ | आसिद्धेराप्रजासर्गादात्मनो5पि गता: शुभा:,अब मैं पुनः इस संसारमें नहीं आऊँगा। जबतक यह सृष्टि कायम रहेगी और जबतक मेरी मुक्ति नहीं हो जायगी, तबतक मैं अपनी और दूसरे प्राणियोंकी शुभगतिका अवलोकन करूँगा

Transliteration

nāhaṃ punar ihāgantā lokān ālokayāmy aham | ā-siddher ā-prajāsargād ātmano 'pi gatāḥ śubhāḥ ||

Translation

The Siddha said: “I shall not return here again. Until attainment is complete and for as long as the creation of beings continues, I will behold the worlds—and I will also observe the auspicious destinies attained by myself and by other living beings.”

Word by Word

नnot

अहम्I

पुनःagain

इहhere

आगन्ताone who will come (returner)

लोकान्worlds

आलोकयामिI observe / behold

अहम्I

आup to / until

सिद्धेःof attainment / of liberation (siddhi)

आup to / until

प्रजासर्गात्from (the time of) the creation of creatures

आत्मनःof myself

अपिalso / even

गताःgone / attained

शुभाःauspicious (states/paths)

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Siddha

lokāḥ (worlds/realms)

prajā (creatures/beings)

ātman (self)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes