Shloka 7

Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)

Devanagari script

अभिजातो<स्मि सिद्धो5स्मि नास्मि केवलमानुष: । इत्येभिहेतुभिस्तस्य त्रिभिक्षित्तं प्रसिच्यते,इसीसे “मैं कुलीन हूँ, सिद्ध हूँ और कोई साधारण मनुष्य नहीं हूँ” ये अहंकारकी तीन धाराएँ मनुष्यके चित्तको सींचने लगती हैं

Transliteration

abhijāto ’smi siddho ’smi nāsmi kevalamānuṣaḥ | itye-bhir hetubhis tasya tribhiś cittaṃ prasicyate ||

Translation

Janaka said: “I am well-born; I am accomplished; I am not merely an ordinary human.” With such reasons—these three—his mind is watered and nourished, meaning that the streams of pride begin to irrigate the inner consciousness and make ego grow.

Word by Word

अभिजातःwell-born, noble

अस्मिI am

सिद्धःaccomplished, perfected

अस्मिI am

नnot

अस्मिI am

केवल-मानुषःa mere human being

इतिthus (quoting)

एभिःby these

हेतुभिःby causes/reasons

तस्यof him/of that person

त्रिभिःby three

भिक्षितम्begged for; sought (as alms)

प्रसिच्यतेis sprinkled/irrigated

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janaka

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes