Shloka 35

भीष्मरक्षण-प्रकरणम् / The Protective Screen around Bhīṣma and the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Clash

Devanagari script

लोकस्तद्‌ू वेद यदहं पितु: प्रियचिकीर्षया । राज्यं स्फीतं महाबाहो स्त्रियश्न त्यक्तवान्‌ पुरा,“महाबाहो! सारा संसार यह जानता है कि मैंने पूर्वकालमें पिताका प्रिय करनेकी इच्छासे समृद्धिशाली राज्य तथा स्त्रियोंका परित्याग कर दिया था

Transliteration

lokas tad veda yad ahaṁ pituḥ priyacikīrṣayā | rājyaṁ sphītaṁ mahābāho striyaś ca tyaktavān purā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O mighty-armed one, the whole world knows this—that long ago, wishing to do what was dear to my father, I renounced a flourishing kingdom, and even women as well.”

Word by Word

लोकःthe world/people

तत्that

वेदknows

यत्that which

अहम्I

पितुःof (my) father

प्रियwhat is dear/pleasing (thing)

चिकीर्षयाwith the desire to do (to please)

राज्यम्kingdom

स्फीतम्prosperous, flourishing

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

स्त्रियःwomen

चand

त्यक्तवान्having abandoned/renounced

पुराformerly, in the past

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

pituḥ (father)

rājya (kingdom)

striyaḥ (women)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes