Shloka 67

Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत झ्यूतपर्वमें द्रौपदीप्रश्नविषयक सरसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,अहं ज्यायानहं ज्यायानिति कन्येप्सया तदा । तयोर्देवनमत्रासीत्‌ प्राणयोरिति नः श्रुतम्‌

Transliteration

ahaṁ jyāyān ahaṁ jyāyān iti kanyepsayā tadā | tayor devanām atrāsīt prāṇayor iti naḥ śrutam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “At that time, driven by the desire to win the maiden, each of the two kept declaring, ‘I am the superior, I am the superior.’ Thus, as we have heard, a contest of skill took place there between those two champions, as though their very lives were at stake.”

Word by Word

अहम्I

ज्यायान्superior/elder

अहम्I

ज्यायान्superior/elder

इतिthus/quoting

कन्याmaiden

ईप्सयाby desire/with longing

तदाthen

तयोःof the two

देवनम्gaming/dicing

अत्रhere

आसीत्was

प्राणयोःof (their) two lives

इतिthus

नःof us/our

श्रुतम्heard (it is heard/has been heard)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes