Shloka 113

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

तपोवनानि यज्ञांश्व॒ हृष्टो5भ्येमि पुन: पुनः । यज्ञ त्वहमिमं श्रुत्वा कुरुराजस्य धीमत:

Transliteration

tapovanāni yajñāṁś ca hṛṣṭo ’bhyemi punaḥ punaḥ | yajña tv aham imaṁ śrutvā kururājasya dhīmataḥ ||

Translation

“Delighted, I go again and again to the forest hermitages and to the sacrificial rites. Having heard of this sacrifice of the wise king of the Kurus, I too come here for the yajña.”

Word by Word

• तपोवनानि: groves/forests of asceticism (hermitages)
• तपोवनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• यज्ञान्: sacrifices
• यज्ञान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• हृष्टः: delighted, joyful
• हृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्येमि: I approach / I go towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada, अभि

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• यज्ञे: in/at the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Active

• कुरुराजस्य: of the Kuru king
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धीमतः: of the wise/intelligent (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

श्षशुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्वशुर (father-in-law; speaker)
• कुरुराज (king of the Kurus)