Shloka 6

अध्याय 66: इक्ष्वाकुवंश-ऐलवंशप्रवाहः (त्रिशङ्कु-राम-ययात्यादि-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तः स विचक्राम नगराद्वचनात् पितुः स तु सत्यव्रतो धीमाञ् छ्वपाकावसथान्तिके

Transliteration

ityuktaḥ sa vicakrāma nagarādvacanāt pituḥ sa tu satyavrato dhīmāñ chvapākāvasathāntike

Translation

Setelah demikian diperintahkan, ia meninggalkan kota menurut titah ayahnya. Satyavrata yang bijaksana itu pun pergi mendekati tempat tinggal para śvapāka.

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• uktaḥ: having been spoken to/so addressed

• saḥ: he

• vicakrāma: set forth, departed

• nagarāt: from the city

• vacanāt: by the word/command

• pituḥ: of (his) father

• sa tu: and he indeed

• satya-vrataḥ: one vowed to truth, truth-observant

• dhīmān: intelligent, wise

• śvapāka-avasatha: the dwelling/settlement of an outcaste (cāṇḍāla)

• antike: near, in the vicinity

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)