Shloka 33

धृष्टद्युम्नेन समागतक्षत्रियगणगणना

Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Enumeration of Assembled Kṣatriyas

Devanagari script

इक्ष्वाकूणां च येनाहमनृण: स्यां द्विजोत्तम । तत्‌ त्वत्त: प्राप्तुमिच्छामि सर्ववेदविदां वर,समस्त वेदवेत्ताओंमें अग्रगण्य द्विजश्रेष्ठ) मैं आपसे एक पुत्र प्राप्त करना चाहता हूँ, जिसके द्वारा मैं अपने इक्ष्वाक॒ुवंशी पितरोंक ऋणसे उऋण हो सकूँ

Transliteration

ikṣvākūṇāṃ ca yenāham anṛṇaḥ syāṃ dvijottama | tat tvattaḥ prāptum icchāmi sarvavedavidāṃ vara ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha said: “O best of twice-born, I wish to obtain from you such a son by whom I may become free of debt to my Ikṣvāku-line forefathers. O foremost among all who know the Vedas, grant me this, so that my ancestral obligation may be fulfilled.”

Word by Word

इक्ष्वाकूणाम्of the Ikshvaku (dynasty)

चand

येनby which/whereby

अहम्I

अनृणःfree from debt/obligation

स्याम्may I be

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born (brahmins)

तत्that (boon/that thing)

त्वत्तःfrom you

प्राप्तुम्to obtain

इच्छामिI desire

सर्ववेदविदाम्of all knowers of the Vedas

वरO best/excellent one

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Ikṣvāku dynasty

forefathers (pitṛs)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes