Shloka 94

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

इषीकया मया बाल्याद्‌ विद्धा होका शकुन्तिका । तत्‌ किल्बिषं स्मरे धर्म नान्यत्‌ पापमहं स्मरे,'धर्मराज! पहले कभी मैंने बाल्यावस्थाके कारण सींकसे एक चिड़ियेके बच्चेको छेद दिया था। वही एक पाप मुझे याद आ रहा है। अपने दूसरे किसी पापका मुझे स्मरण नहीं है

Transliteration

iṣīkayā mayā bālyād viddhā ho kā śakuntikā | tat kilbiṣaṃ smare dharma nānyat pāpam ahaṃ smare ||

Translation

Daśa said: “O Dharma (righteous king), in my childhood, out of childish heedlessness, I once pierced a young bird with a reed. That is the single wrongdoing I now recall; I remember no other sin of mine.”

Word by Word

इषीकयाwith a reed/needle-like stick

मयाby me

बाल्यात्from/owing to childhood (immaturity)

विद्धाpierced/struck

अहंI

शकुन्तिकाम्a little bird (female)/birdling

तत्that

किल्बिषम्sin/offence

स्मरेI remember

धर्मO Dharma (Yama)

नnot

अन्यत्another/anything else

पापम्sin

अहम्I

स्मरेI remember

Speaker

दाश उवाच

Characters & Entities

द

दाश (Daśa)

ध

धर्म / धर्मराज (Dharma / Dharmarāja)

इ

इषीका (reed)

श

शकुन्तिका (young bird)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes