Shloka 105

Devanagari script

गमिष्यामि स्वकं स्थानमासीद्‌ू यन्मे पुरातनम्‌ | उदगायन आदित्ये हंसा: सत्यं ब्रवीमि व:

Transliteration

gamiṣyāmi svakaṁ sthānam āsīd yad me purātanam | udagāyane āditye haṁsāḥ satyaṁ bravīmi vaḥ ||

Translation

“O Haṁsas, only when the Sun has turned to its northern course (uttarāyaṇa) shall I depart for my own abode—the ancient station that has long been mine. This I tell you in truth.”

Word by Word

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go
• गमिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), 1st, Singular, परस्मैपद

• स्वकम्: one's own
• स्वकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्थानम्: place, abode
• स्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3rd, Singular, परस्मैपद

• यत्: which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me / of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive/Dative (enclitic), Singular

• पुरातनम्: ancient, former
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• उदगायने: in the northward course (uttarāyaṇa period)
• उदगायने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदगायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदित्ये: when the Sun (is ...), in the Sun
• आदित्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हंसाः: O swans / swans
• हंसाः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative/Nominative, Plural

• सत्यम्: truthfully, the truth
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (adverbial), Singular

• ब्रवीमि: I speak, I say
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), 1st, Singular, परस्मैपद

• वः: to you / of you (pl.)
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative/Genitive (enclitic), Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Āditya (the Sun)
• Uttarāyaṇa (udagāyana)
• Haṁsas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes steadfast adherence to truth and to a dharma-informed sense of auspicious timing: one should act (even in matters of life’s end) with deliberate alignment to cosmic order rather than impulse or fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker declares an intention to depart for an ancient, rightful abode only when the Sun enters its northern course (uttarāyaṇa), addressing the Haṁsas and affirming the statement as truthful—echoing the epic’s motif of choosing the proper time for departure amid the larger war setting.