Shloka 34

धृष्टद्युम्नेन समागतक्षत्रियगणगणना

Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Enumeration of Assembled Kṣatriyas

Devanagari script

अपत्यमीप्सितं महां दातुमरहसि सत्तम । शीलरूपगुणोपेतमिक्ष्वाकुकुलवृद्धये,साधुशिरोमणे।! इक्ष्वाकुवंशकी वृद्धिके लिये आप मुझे ऐसी अभीष्ट संतान दीजिये, जो उत्तम स्वभाव, सुन्दर रूप और श्रेष्ठ गुणोंसे सम्पन्न हो

Transliteration

apatyam īpsitaṃ mahān dātum arhasi sattama | śīla-rūpa-guṇopetaṃ ikṣvāku-kula-vṛddhaye, sādhu-śiromaṇe ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha said: “O best of the virtuous, you ought to grant me the longed-for offspring—great in worth—endowed with noble conduct, pleasing form, and excellent qualities, for the increase and flourishing of the Ikṣvāku lineage, O crest-jewel among the righteous.”

Word by Word

अपत्यम्offspring, child

ईप्सितम्desired, wished-for

महाम्great (one)

दातुम्to give

अर्हसिyou are able/fit; you should

सत्तमO best of men

शीलcharacter, conduct

रूपform, beauty

गुणqualities, virtues

उपेतम्endowed with, possessed of

इक्ष्वाकुIkshvaku (dynasty/ancestor name)

कुलfamily, lineage

वृद्धयेfor the increase/prosperity

साधुgood; well; O good one

शिरोमणेO crest-jewel (best among)

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)

इ

इक्ष्वाकु (Ikṣvāku)

इ

इक्ष्वाकुकुल (Ikṣvāku lineage)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes