Shloka 23

चित्रसेन-समागमः / The Engagement with Citrasena and the Gandharvas

Devanagari script

देवो मनुष्यो गन्धर्वो युवा चापि स्वलंकृतः । द्रव्यवानभिरूपो वा न मेडन्य: पुरुषो मत:,“देवता, मनुष्य, गन्धर्व, युवक, बड़ी सजधजवाला धनवान्‌ अथवा परम सुन्दर कैसा ही पुरुष क्‍यों न हो, मेरा मन पाण्डवोंके सिवा और कहीं नहीं जाता

Transliteration

devo manuṣyo gandharvo yuvā cāpi svalaṅkṛtaḥ | dravyavān abhirūpo vā na me 'nyo puruṣo mataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Whether he be a god, a man, a Gandharva, a youthful hero, or one richly adorned; whether wealthy or exceedingly handsome—no other man is acceptable to my mind. My heart does not turn anywhere except toward the Pāṇḍavas.”

Word by Word

देवःa god

मनुष्यःa human

गन्धर्वःa Gandharva

युवाa youth

चand

अपिalso/even

सुलङ्कृतःwell-adorned

द्रव्यवान्wealthy

अभिरूपःhandsome

वाor

नnot

मेof me / my

अन्यःanother/other

पुरुषःman/person

मतःis considered/thought

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Deva

Manuṣya

Gandharva

Pāṇḍavas

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes