Shloka 35

अध्याय ७४: अक्रोध–क्षमा–निवासनीति

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

Devanagari script

किमर्थ मां प्राकृतवदुपप्रेक्षसि संसदि । न खल्वहमिदं शून्ये रौमि कि न शृणोषि मे,“आप किसलिये नीच पुरुषकी भाँति भरी सभामें मुझे अपमानित कर रहे हैं? मैं सूने जंगलमें तो नहीं रो रही हूँ? फिर आप मेरी बात क्‍यों नहीं सुनते?

Transliteration

kimarthaṁ māṁ prākṛtavad upaprekṣasi saṁsadi | na khalv aham idaṁ śūnye raumi kiṁ na śṛṇoṣi me ||

Translation

Duṣyanta said: “Why do you look upon me in this assembly as though I were a common, base man, and thus disgrace me? I am not crying out in some deserted wilderness—why, then, do you not listen to what I say?”

Word by Word

किमर्थम्for what reason/why

माम्me

प्राकृतवत्like a vulgar/low person

उपप्रेक्षसिyou look at / regard (with contempt)

संसदिin the assembly

नnot

खलुindeed/surely

अहम्I

इदम्this

शून्येin a deserted (place)

रौमिI cry/weep

किम्why/what

नnot

शृणोषिyou hear/listen

मेof me / my

Speaker

दुष्यन्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

द

दुष्यन्त (Duṣyanta)

स

संसद् (assembly/court)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes