Shloka 26

ग्रहसंख्यावर्णनम् — ध्रुवस्य तपोबलात् ध्रुवस्थानप्राप्तिः

Devanagari script

मम त्वमेकः पुत्रो ऽसि किमर्थं क्लिश्यते भवान् मामनाथामपहाय तप आस्थितवानसि

Transliteration

mama tvamekaḥ putro 'si kimarthaṃ kliśyate bhavān māmanāthāmapahāya tapa āsthitavānasi

Translation

“तू मेरा एकमात्र पुत्र है; फिर तू क्यों इस प्रकार कष्ट उठाता है? मुझे अनाथ छोड़कर तू तपस्या में क्यों प्रवृत्त हुआ है?”

Word by Word

• मम: of me, my

• त्वम्: you

• एकः: the only one

• पुत्रः: son

• असि: are

• किमर्थम्: for what reason, why

• क्लिश्यते: is afflicted, is made to suffer

• भवान्: you (honorific)

• माम्: me

• अनाथाम्: without protector, helpless

• अपहाय: having abandoned, leaving behind

• तपः: austerity, tapas

• आस्थितवान्: has undertaken, has resorted to

• असि: you are (have done)

Speaker

Mother of the ascetic son (a grieving maternal voice within Suta’s narrated account)