Shloka 44

Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)

Devanagari script

अभिजाने च तदहं यदर्थ मामुपागत: । अचिरात्‌ तु गमिष्यामि तेनाहं त्वामचूचुदम्‌,तुम्हारे आनेका उद्देश्य क्या है, इसे मैं जानता हूँ और शीघ्र ही यहाँसे चला जाऊँगा। इसीलिये मैंने स्वयं तुम्हें प्रश्न करनेके लिये प्रेरित किया है

Transliteration

abhijāne ca tad ahaṃ yadartha mām upāgataḥ | acirāt tu gamiṣyāmi tenāhaṃ tvām acūcudam |

Translation

તમે જે હેતુથી મારી પાસે આવ્યા છો તે હું જાણું છું. હું ટૂંક સમયમાં અહીંથી પ્રસ્થાન કરીશ; તેથી મેં તમને જાતે બોલવા—નિઃસંકોચ તમારો પ્રશ્ન પૂછવા—પ્રેરિત કર્યા છે.

Word by Word

• [{'sanskrit': 'abhijāne', 'meaning': 'I know, I recognize (clearly understand)'}, {'sanskrit': 'tad', 'meaning': 'that (matter/purpose)'}, {'sanskrit': 'ahaṃ', 'meaning': 'I'}, {'sanskrit': 'yad-artha(m)', 'meaning': 'for what purpose

• the reason'}, {'sanskrit': 'mām', 'meaning': 'to me'}, {'sanskrit': 'upāgataḥ', 'meaning': 'has come, has approached'}, {'sanskrit': 'acirāt', 'meaning': 'soon

• before long'}, {'sanskrit': 'tu', 'meaning': 'but

• indeed (contrast/emphasis)'}, {'sanskrit': 'gamiṣyāmi', 'meaning': 'I shall go

• I shall depart'}, {'sanskrit': 'tena', 'meaning': 'therefore

• for that reason'}, {'sanskrit': 'tvām', 'meaning': 'you'}, {'sanskrit': 'acūcudam', 'meaning': 'I urged/prompted (you)

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Siddha (speaker)
• the addressed visitor/seeker (unnamed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes timely inquiry and purposeful dialogue: a wise teacher, aware of the seeker’s intent and the shortness of time, urges the seeker to ask directly so that instruction can be given without delay.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha addresses a visitor who has approached with a specific aim. Knowing he will soon depart, the Siddha encourages the visitor to speak up and pose the intended question, setting the stage for instruction.