Shloka 42

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ सर्व मया55ख्यातं कारणं विस्तरेण व: । यथावृत्तं सुखोदर्कमिदं दु:ःखं महन्मम,इस प्रकार मैंने आपलोगोंसे विलम्बसे आनेका कारण और उसका यथावत्‌ वृत्तान्त विस्तारपूर्वक बताया है। मुझे जो यह महान्‌ दुःख उठाना पड़ा है उसका अन्तिम फल सुख ही हुआ है

Transliteration

etat sarvaṁ mayākhyātaṁ kāraṇaṁ vistareṇa vaḥ | yathāvṛttaṁ sukhodarkam idaṁ duḥkhaṁ mahan mama ||

Translation

Gautama said: “I have now told you everything—the reason for my delay in full detail, and the events exactly as they occurred. Though this suffering of mine was great, its final outcome has been happiness.”

Word by Word

एतत्this (all this)

सर्वम्all

मयाby me

आख्यातम्told/explained

कारणम्cause/reason

विस्तरेणin detail/at length

वःto you (pl.)

यथा-वृत्तम्as it happened; the true account

सुख-उदर्कम्having happiness as the outcome

इदम्this

दुःखम्sorrow/pain

महत्great

ममof me / my

Speaker

गौतम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Gautama

Sandhi Notes