Shloka 5

Gṛdhra–Jambuka Saṃvāda (Dialogue of the Vulture and the Jackal) — On Grief, Kāla, and Resolve

Devanagari script

ट्रुमाग्रेषु च रम्येषु रमिताहं त्वया सह । आकाशगमने चैव विहृताहं त्वया सुखम्‌,“आपने स्नेहसिक्त, सुखद, मनोहर, तथा मधुर वचनोंद्वारा मुझे आनन्दित किया। मैंने आपके साथ पर्वतोंकी गुफाओंमें नदियोंके तटोंपर, झरनोंके आस-पास तथा वृक्षोंकी सुरम्य शिखाओंपर रमण किया है। आकाशयात्रामें भी मैं सदा आपके साथ सुखपूर्वक विचरण करती रही हूँ

Transliteration

drumāgreṣu ca ramyeṣu ramitāhaṁ tvayā saha | ākāśagamane caiva vihṛtāhaṁ tvayā sukham ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “With you I have delighted in lovely places—upon the beautiful tops of trees—and I have enjoyed myself in happiness with you even in journeys through the sky.”

Word by Word

द्रुमाग्रेषुon the tops of trees

चand

रम्येषुin/among delightful (places)

रमिताhaving sported / enjoyed

अहम्I

त्वयाby/with you

सहtogether with

आकाशगमनेin sky-travel / in moving through the sky

चand

एवindeed / also

विहृताhaving sported / having roamed

अहम्I

त्वयाby/with you

सुखम्happily / with ease (as an object: happiness)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

you (unnamed addressee)

sky (ākāśa)

tree-tops (drumāgra)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes