Shloka 171

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

शुश्रूषां यतसे कर्तु सखे मम न तत्‌ क्षमम्‌ । “सखे! तुम जो बाल-बच्चोंके बीचमें बैठकर मुझपर संधिका भाव दिखा रहे हो तथा मेरी सेवा करनेका यत्न करते हो, वह सब मेरे योग्य नहीं है ।। १७० $।। त्वया मां सहित दृष्टवा प्रिया भार्या सुताश्ष ते

Transliteration

śuśrūṣāṃ yatase kartuṃ sakhe mama na tat kṣamam | tvayā māṃ sahitaṃ dṛṣṭvā priyā bhāryā sutāś ca te ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Friend, you strive to render me service, but that is not fitting for me. Seeing me here in such a condition, your beloved wife and your children too are distressed.”

Word by Word

शुश्रूषाम्service, attendance

यतसेyou strive, you endeavor

कर्तुम्to do, to perform

सखेO friend

ममof me, my

नnot

तत्that

क्षमम्proper, fitting, permissible

त्वयाby you

माम्me

सहितम्together (with), accompanied

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

प्रियाम्beloved, dear

भार्याम्wife

सुतान्sons, children

चand

तेyour, of you

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

friend (sakha)

wife (bharya)

children (sutah)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes