Shloka 16

कृपकृपी-जननम्

The Birth of Kṛpa and Kṛpī; Kṛpa’s Attainment of Astras

Devanagari script

स्वर्गे तेनाभितप्तो5हमप्रजस्तु ब्रवीमि व: । पित्र्यादृणादनिर्मुक्तस्तेन तप्ये तपोधना:,पाण्डुने कहा--महाभाग महर्षिगण! संतानहीनके लिये स्वर्गका दरवाजा बंद रहता है, ऐसा लोग कहते हैं। मैं भी संतानहीन हूँ, इसलिये दुःखसे संतप्त होकर आपलोगोंसे कुछ निवेदन करता हूँ। तपोधनो! मैं पितरोंके ऋणसे अबतक छूट नहीं सका हूँ, इसलिये चिन्तासे संतप्त हो रहा हूँ

Transliteration

svarge tenābhitapto 'ham aprajastu bravīmi vaḥ | pitryād ṛṇād anirmuktas tena tapye tapodhanāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “I am tormented by that very thought in heaven; being without offspring, I speak to you. O ascetics rich in austerity, I still remain unfreed from the ancestral debt—therefore I burn with anxiety.”

Word by Word

स्वर्गेin heaven

तेनby that (reason)

अभितप्तःtormented, afflicted

अहम्I

अप्रजःchildless

तुbut, indeed

ब्रवीमिI say, I speak

वःto you / of you

पित्र्याद्from the (duty/claim of the) fathers/ancestors

ऋणात्from the debt/obligation

अनिर्मुक्तःnot freed, not released

तेनtherefore, by that (cause)

तप्येI suffer, I am pained

तपोधनाःO ascetics (those whose wealth is austerity)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

heaven (svarga)

ancestors (pitaraḥ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes