Shloka 37

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 158 — Aṅgāraparṇa-saṃvāda and Gaṅgā-tīrtha Saṃghaṭṭa

Encounter at the Gaṅgā ford

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ सर्व समीक्ष्य त्वमात्मत्यागं च गर्हितम्‌ । आत्मानं तारयाद्याशु कुलं चेमौ च दारकौ,इन सब बातोंको विचार करके और अपने देहके त्यागको निन्दित कर्म मानकर आप अब शीघ्र ही अपनेको, अपने कुलको और इन दोनों बच्चोंको भी संकटसे बचा लीजिये

Transliteration

etat sarva samīkṣya tvam ātmatyāgaṃ ca garhitam | ātmānaṃ tārayād yāśu kulaṃ cemau ca dārakau ||

Translation

“Having considered all this, and recognizing that self-destruction is a blameworthy course, quickly save yourself—save your lineage as well—and also these two children from danger.”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समीक्ष्य: having considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• आत्मत्यागम्: self-abandonment; giving up one’s life
• आत्मत्यागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + त्याग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• गर्हितम्: blameworthy; censured
• गर्हितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्हित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally)

• आत्मानम्: yourself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तारय: save; deliver
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अद्य: today; now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• कुलम्: family; lineage
• कुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इमौ: these two
• इमौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दारकौ: two children
• दारकौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (a Brahmin speaker)
• कुल (lineage/family)
• द्वौ दारकौ (two children)