Shloka 36

अरण्यवृत्ति-वैराग्योपदेशः | Forest Discipline and the Program of Non-Attachment

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ प्रज्ञामृतमिदं चिरान्मां प्रत्युपस्थितम्‌ । तत्‌ प्राप्य प्रार्थये स्थानमव्ययं शाश्रवतं ध्रुवम्‌,आज दीर्घकालके पश्चात्‌ मुझे यह विवेकरूपी अमृत प्राप्त हुआ है। इसे पाकर मैं अक्षय, अविकारी एवं सनातन पदको प्राप्त करना चाहता हूँ

Transliteration

tasmāt prajñāmṛtam idaṃ cirān māṃ pratyupasthitam | tat prāpya prārthaye sthānam avyayaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvam ||

Translation

Therefore, after a long time, this nectar of discernment has at last come before me. Having attained it, I seek that state which is imperishable—unchanging, eternal, and steadfast.

Word by Word

तस्मात्therefore/from that

प्रज्ञा-अमृतम्the nectar of wisdom

इदम्this

चिरात्after a long time

माम्me

प्रति-उपस्थितम्has come to/has presented itself (to me)

तत्that

प्राप्यhaving obtained

प्रार्थयेI request/I seek

स्थानम्abode/state

अव्ययम्imperishable

शाश्वतम्eternal

ध्रुवम्firm/unchanging

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes