Shloka 45
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
Devanagari script
उत्तड़्क उवाच कथं भवन्तं जानीयामुपाध्यायाश्रमं प्रति । यन्मया चीर्णपूर्व हि श्रोतुमिच्छामि तद्ध्यहम्,उत्तंकने पूछा--गुरुदेवके आश्रमपर मैंने कभी आपका दर्शन किया है, इसका ज्ञान मुझे कैसे हो? और आपके कथनानुसार वहाँ रहते समय पहले जो कार्य मैं अनेक बार कर चुका हूँ, वह क्या है? यह मैं सुनना चाहता हूँ
Transliteration
Uttaṅka uvāca: kathaṁ bhavantaṁ jānīyām upādhyāyāśramaṁ prati | yan mayā cīrṇa-pūrvaṁ hi śrotum icchāmi tad dhi aham ||
Translation
Uttanka said: “How am I to recognize you in relation to my teacher’s hermitage? I wish to hear clearly what it is that, as you say, I had already practiced there before.”
Word by Word
[{'term''उत्तङ्क (Uttaṅka)', 'definition': 'Name of the sage-disciple
[{'term':
the speaker here'}, {'term''उवाच (uvāca)', 'definition': 'said, spoke'}, {'term': 'कथम् (katham)', 'definition': 'how?, in what way?'}, {'term': 'भवन्तम् (bhavantam)', 'definition': 'you (honorific accusative singular)'}, {'term': 'जानीयाम् (jānīyām)', 'definition': 'may I know/recognize (optative
the speaker here'}, {'term':
expressing doubt/inquiry)'}, {'term''उपाध्याय (upādhyāya)', 'definition': 'teacher, preceptor'}, {'term': 'आश्रम (āśrama)', 'definition': 'hermitage
expressing doubt/inquiry)'}, {'term':
a place of disciplined life and learning'}, {'term''प्रति (prati)', 'definition': 'towards, with reference to, in relation to'}, {'term': 'यत् (yat)', 'definition': 'that which'}, {'term': 'मया (mayā)', 'definition': 'by me'}, {'term': 'चीर्णपूर्वम् (cīrṇa-pūrvam)', 'definition': 'done/practiced previously'}, {'term': 'हि (hi)', 'definition': 'indeed, for'}, {'term': 'श्रोतुम् (śrotum)', 'definition': 'to hear'}, {'term': 'इच्छामि (icchāmi)', 'definition': 'I wish, I desire'}, {'term': 'तत् (tat)', 'definition': 'that'}, {'term': 'धि/हि (dhi/hi)', 'definition': 'emphatic particle
a place of disciplined life and learning'}, {'term':
here reinforcing the request'}, {'term''अहम् (aham)', 'definition': 'I'}]
here reinforcing the request'}, {'term':
Speaker
उत्तड़्क उवाच
Characters & Entities
U
UttaṅkaU
Upādhyāya (teacher/preceptor)Ā
Āśrama (hermitage)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context