Shloka 26

Dyūta-kathā-praśnaḥ — Inquiry into the Dice-Game Calamity

Devanagari script

अद्यप्रभृति भद्रें वः प्रतिज्ञां मे निबोधत । त्रयोदश समास्तात को ममार्थो5स्ति जीवत:,“तात! तुमलोगोंका कल्याण हो, भाइयोंके विनाशका कारण बननेके लिये मुझे तेरह वर्षोतक जीवित रहनेसे क्या लाभ? यदि जीना ही है तो आजसे मेरी यह प्रतिज्ञा सुन लो --

Transliteration

adyaprabhṛti bhadreṃ vaḥ pratijñāṃ me nibodhata | trayodaśa samās tāta ko mamārtho 'sti jīvataḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “From this day onward, O blessed ones, understand my vow. O dear one, what purpose is served by my living for thirteen years, if my survival becomes the cause of my brothers’ destruction? If I am to live at all, then hear this solemn resolve of mine from today.”

Word by Word

• {'adyaprabhṛti': 'from today onward', 'bhadram': 'good fortune

• auspiciousness', 'vaḥ': 'to you (plural)', 'pratijñā': 'vow

• solemn pledge', 'me': 'my', 'nibodhata': 'understand

• take note (imperative, plural)', 'trayodaśa': 'thirteen', 'samāḥ (samās)': 'years', 'tāta': 'dear one

• child (vocative, affectionate address)', 'kaḥ': 'what?', 'mama': 'of me

• my', 'arthaḥ': 'purpose

• meaning', 'asti': 'is', 'jīvataḥ': 'of one who is living

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana