Shloka 60

Devanagari script

गति परमिकां प्राप्तमजानन्तो नूयोनय: । नापश्यन्‌ गच्छमान हि त॑ सार्थमृषिपुड्रवै:

Transliteration

gatiṁ paramikāṁ prāptam ajānanto nūyona yaḥ | nāpaśyan gacchamānaṁ hi taṁ sārtham ṛṣipuṅgavaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Not knowing that he had attained the supreme course, those men lamented. For the foremost of sages did not perceive that leader of the host as he departed—his passing was beyond ordinary sight and understanding.”

Word by Word

• गतिम्: course; state; path
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• परमिकाम्: supreme; highest
• परमिकाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमिका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तम्: having reached; attained
• प्राप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (प्राप्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अजानन्तः: not knowing
• अजानन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (अजानत्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नूनम्: surely; indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• अयोनयः: those of improper origin; ignoble ones
• अयोनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अपश्यन्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• गच्छमानम्: going; proceeding
• गच्छमानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गच्छमान)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तम्: him; that one
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सार्थम्: caravan; company; group
• सार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषि: sage
• ऋषि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रवत्: like a son; as (one’s) son
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• ṛṣipuṅgava (foremost sages)
• tam (a departing person/leader of the host, unnamed in this pāda)