Shloka 23

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 3: Karṇa’s training under Rāma Jāmadagnya and the Bhārgava restriction on the Brahmāstra

Devanagari script

सो>हमेनां गतिं प्राप्तो यथा न कुशलं तथा । त्वया साधो समागम्य विमुक्त: पापयोनितः,“वही मैं इस गतिको प्राप्त हुआ था, जहाँ कभी कुशल नहीं बीता। साधो! आपका समागम होनेसे मेरा इस पापयोनिसे उद्धार हो गया”

Transliteration

so ’ham enāṃ gatiṃ prāpto yathā na kuśalaṃ tathā | tvayā sādho samāgamya vimuktaḥ pāpayonitaḥ ||

Translation

“Thus I came to this state of existence, where no well-being ever befell me. But, O holy one, by coming into your company I have been released from this sinful womb (base birth).”

Word by Word

सःhe/that (I as such)

अहम्I

एनाम्this (her/this one) / this (state/condition)

गतिम्course, state, destiny

प्राप्तःhaving attained / reached

यथाas, in such a way that

नnot

कुशलम्well-being, welfare, good (state)

तथाso, thus

त्वयाby you

साधोO good man / O saint

समागम्यhaving met / having come together (with)

विमुक्तःfreed, released

पापयोनितःfrom a sinful womb/birth (sinful origin)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

sādhu (unnamed holy person addressed)

pāpayoni (sinful birth/state)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes