Shloka 45

Ajñātavāsa-saṅkalpaḥ — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Resolve and Dhaumya’s Exempla on Concealment

Devanagari script

सावित्रयुवाच ममात्मजं सत्यवतस्तथौरसं भवेदुभाभ्यामिह यत्‌ कुलोद्वहम्‌ । शतं सुतानां बलवीर्यशालिना- मिदं चतुर्थ वरयामि ते वरम्‌,सावित्रीने कहा--मेरे और सत्यवान्‌--दोनोंके संयोगसे कुलकी वृद्धि करनेवाले, बल और पराक्रमसे सुशोभित सौ औरस पुत्र हों। यह मैं आपसे चौथा वर माँगती हूँ

Transliteration

yama uvāca — sāvitrī uvāca: mamātmajaṁ satyavatas tathaurasaṁ bhaved ubhābhyām iha yat kulodvaham | śataṁ sutānāṁ balavīryaśālinām idaṁ caturthaṁ varayāmi te varam ||

Translation

Sāvitrī said: “May I and Satyavān beget here a true-born son—indeed, a hundred sons—who will uphold and expand our lineage, endowed with strength and heroic vigor. This is the fourth boon that I choose from you.”

Word by Word

• {'sāvitrī uvāca': 'Sāvitrī said', 'mama': 'of me

• my', 'ātmajam': 'offspring

• son (lit. ‘born of oneself’)', 'satyavataḥ': 'of Satyavān', 'tathā': 'and also

• likewise', 'aurasam': 'legitimate, true-born (born from the body

• not adopted)', 'bhavet': 'may there be

• may he/they be', 'ubhābhyām': 'from both (of us two)', 'iha': 'here (in this world)', 'yat': 'who/which

• such that', 'kulodvaham': 'upholder/raiser of the family line

• one who carries the lineage forward', 'śatam': 'a hundred', 'sutānām': 'of sons

• sons (gen./pl.)', 'bala': 'strength', 'vīrya': 'valor

• heroic potency', 'śālinām': 'possessing

• endowed with', 'idam': 'this', 'caturtham': 'fourth', 'varayāmi': 'I choose

• I ask for (as a boon)', 'te': 'from you

• your', 'varam': 'boon'}

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• यम (Yama)
• सावित्री (Sāvitrī)
• सत्यवान् (Satyavān)
• कुल (lineage/family line)