Shloka 17

Adhyāya 112: Ṛṣyaśṛṅga’s Description of an Exemplary Brahmacārī

Ascetic Presence and Vow-Practice

Devanagari script

गतेन तेनास्मि कृतो विचेता गात्रं च मे सम्परिदह्मतीव । इच्छामि तस्यान्तिकमाशोु गन्तुं त॑ चेह नित्यं परिवर्तमानम्‌,उसके चले जानेसे मैं अचेत हो गया हूँ। मेरा शरीर जलता-सा जान पड़ता है। मैं चाहता हूँ, शीघ्र उसके पास ही चला जाऊँ अथवा वही यहाँ नित्य मेरे पास रहे

Translation

When he departed, I was left senseless, and my body felt as though it were burning. I long to go swiftly to his side—or else for him to remain here always, ever moving about near me.

Word by Word

गतेनby (his) going / by the departure

तेनby him/that

अस्मिI am

कृतःmade / rendered

विचेताःsenseless, unconscious

गात्रम्body

चand

मेmy / of me

सम्परिदह्मतिburns all around / scorches

इवas if

इच्छामिI desire / I wish

तस्यof him / his

अन्तिकम्near (presence), proximity

आशुquickly

गन्तुम्to go

तत्that (alternatively: or that)

चand / or

इहhere

नित्यम्always, constantly

परिवर्तमानम्staying/remaining (near), being present

Speaker

ऋष्यशुड्र उवाच

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes