Shloka 45

Jayadrathasya śoka-bhaya-vilāpaḥ — Droṇena āśvāsanaṃ ca

Jayadratha’s lament and Droṇa’s reassurance

Devanagari script

कि कुर्म: काम॑ कामा्ह कामाज्जातो<सि पुत्रक | करिष्यामि प्रियं सर्व ब्रूहि स्थाणो यदिच्छसि,“अपने अभीष्ट मनोरथको प्राप्त करनेयोग्य पुत्र! तुम मेरे मानसिक संकल्पसे उत्पन्न हुए हो। मैं तुम्हारी कौन-सी कामना पूर्ण करूँ? स्थाणो! तुम जो कुछ चाहते हो, बतलाओ। मैं तुम्हारा सम्पूर्ण प्रिय कार्य करूँगा"

Transliteration

kiṁ kurmaḥ kāmaṁ kāmāḥ kāmāj jāto ’si putraka | kariṣyāmi priyaṁ sarvaṁ brūhi sthāṇo yad icchasi ||

Translation

Nārada said: “What shall I do for you? Dear child, you have arisen from my very wish and intention. Tell me, O Sthāṇu, what you desire; I will accomplish for you whatever is wholly pleasing to you.”

Word by Word

• {'kiṁ': 'what?', 'kurmaḥ': 'shall I/we do (1st person plural, deliberative)', 'kāmam': 'a desire

• what is desired', 'kāmāḥ': 'desires (plural)

• also an emphatic repetition of ‘wish’ in address', 'kāmāt': 'from desire/wish

• by reason of a wish', 'jātaḥ asi': 'you are born/come into being', 'putraka': 'dear son

• affectionate diminutive of ‘son’', 'kariṣyāmi': 'I shall do

• I shall accomplish', 'priyam': 'dear

• beloved', 'sarvam': 'all

• wholly', 'brūhi': 'tell (imperative)', 'sthāṇo': 'O Sthāṇu (proper name/epithet, vocative)', 'yad': 'whatever

• that which', 'icchasi': 'you desire

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sthāṇu
• putraka (the son addressed)