Shloka 92

Devanagari script

अहं च संशयं प्राप्त: कृच्छामापदमास्थित: । मातापितृभ्यां हि विना नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे,मैं भी कठिन विपत्तिमें फँसकर प्राण-संशयकी दशामें आ पहुँचा हूँ। माता-पिताके बिना तो मैं कदापि जीवित नहीं रह सकता

Transliteration

ahaṃ ca saṃśayaṃ prāptaḥ kṛcchrām āpadam āsthitaḥ | mātāpitṛbhyāṃ hi vinā nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe ||

Translation

Dijo Yama: «Yo también he caído en duda por mi propia vida, al verme atrapado en una calamidad penosa. Pues sin mi madre y mi padre, no tengo ánimo para seguir viviendo».

Word by Word

अहम्I

चand

संशयम्doubt; peril (uncertainty)

प्राप्तःhaving reached; having come to

कृच्छाम्hard, grievous

आपदम्calamity, misfortune

आस्थितःhaving entered; having fallen into

माताmother

पितृभ्याम्by/with (the) father (and another); (here) with parents

हिindeed, for

विनाwithout

नnot

अहम्I

जीवितुम्to live

उत्सहेI am able; I dare; I can

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

य

यम (Yama)

म

माता (mother)

प

पिता (father)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical weight of one’s bond with parents: gratitude, dependence, and duty toward mother and father are presented as so fundamental that life itself feels untenable without them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yama speaks in a tone of personal distress, declaring that he too has fallen into a severe crisis and feels unable to continue living in the absence of his parents—framing the moment as an appeal grounded in familial obligation and emotional truth.