Shloka 40
Hanūmān’s Embrace, Counsel, and Promise to Amplify Bhīma’s Battle-Roar
Gandhamādana Continuation
Devanagari script
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । युगसंख्यां महाबाहो स्वस्ति प्राप्तुहि गम्यताम्,महाबाहो! तुमने युगोंकी संख्याके विषयमें मुझसे जो प्रश्न किया है, उसके उत्तरमें मैंने यह सब बातें बतायी हैं। तुम्हारा कल्याण हो, अब तुम लौट जाओ
Transliteration
etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | yuga-saṅkhyāṃ mahābāho svasti prāptuṃ hi gamyatām ||
Translation
I have now told you everything you asked me. O mighty-armed one, since your question concerned the reckoning of the yugas, I have explained it in full. May well-being attend you—now you should depart and proceed on your way.
Word by Word
{'etat''this (matter), this much', 'te': 'to you, for you', 'sarvam': 'all, the whole', 'ākhyātam': 'has been declared/told, explained', 'yat': 'which, what', 'mām': 'me', 'tvam': 'you', 'paripṛcchasi': 'you ask, you inquire thoroughly', 'yuga': 'age, epoch (cosmic era)', 'saṅkhyā': 'number, enumeration, reckoning', 'yuga-saṅkhyām': 'the enumeration/reckoning of the yugas', 'mahābāho': 'O mighty-armed one (honorific address)', 'svasti': 'well-being, auspiciousness', 'prāptum': 'to obtain, to attain', 'hi': 'indeed, surely', 'gamyatām': 'let it be gone/let one depart
{'etat':
Speaker
भीम उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
Bhīma (speaker)M
mahābāhu (addressee, unspecified in the verse)Y
yuga (cosmic ages)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context