Shloka 66

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

Devanagari script

सावित्रयुवाच सुचिरं त्वं प्रसुप्तोडसि ममाड्के पुरुषर्षभ । गत: स भगवान्‌ देव: प्रजासंयमनो यम:,सावित्री बोली--नरश्रेष्ठ] आप मेरी गोदमें बहुत देरतक सोते रह गये। वे श्यामवर्णके पुरुष प्रजाको संयममें रखनेवाले साक्षात्‌ भगवान्‌ यम थे, जो अब चले गये हैं

Transliteration

sāvitrī uvāca—suciraṃ tvaṃ prasupto ’si mamāṅke puruṣarṣabha | gataḥ sa bhagavān devaḥ prajāsaṃyamano yamaḥ ||

Translation

Sāvitrī said: “O best of men, you have slept for a long time upon my lap. That dark-hued divine Lord—Yama, the restrainer and regulator of living beings—has now departed.”

Word by Word

• सावित्री: Savitri
• सावित्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुचिरम्: for a long time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुचिर

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• प्रसुप्तः: asleep
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-सुप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मम: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अङ्के: in (my) lap
• अङ्के: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुरुषर्षभ: O bull among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गतः: gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: venerable, divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवः: god
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रजा-संयमनः: restrainer/regulator of creatures
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजा-संयमन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यमः: Yama
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Yama