Shloka 117

अध्याय ७४: अक्रोध–क्षमा–निवासनीति

Chapter 74: Non-anger, Forbearance, and the Ethics of Residence

Devanagari script

अहं चाप्येवमेवैनं जानामि स्वयमात्मजम्‌ | यद्यहं वचनादस्या गृह्लीयामि ममात्मजम्‌

Transliteration

ahaṃ cāpy evam evainaṃ jānāmi svayam ātmajam | yady ahaṃ vacanād asyā gṛhlīyāmi mamātmajam

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “I too know him in just this way—as my own son, directly and of myself. Yet if, at her word, I were to take back my son…”

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• एनम्: him/this (person)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• जानामि: I know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: present, first, singular, parasmaipada

• स्वयम्: personally/by myself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• आत्मजम्: son/offspring
• आत्मजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• वचनात्: from (her) word/at (her) bidding
• वचनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• अस्याः: of her
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एषा/अस्या)
• Form: feminine, genitive, singular

• गृह्णीयामि: I should take/accept
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: present (optative/vidhiling), first, singular, parasmaipada

• मम: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• आत्मजम्: son/offspring
• आत्मजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana