Shloka 93

Devanagari script

कथमन्ये करिष्यन्ति पुत्रेभ्य: पुत्रिण: स्पृहाम्‌ । “मेरे जीते-जी यदि पिताको अपने केश पकड़े जानेका अपमानपूर्ण कष्ट उठाना पड़ा, तब दूसरे पुत्रवान्‌ पुरुष किसलिये पुत्रोंकी अभिलाषा करेंगे?

Transliteration

katham anye kariṣyanti putrebhyaḥ putriṇaḥ spṛhām |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “If, while I was still alive, my own father had to endure the humiliating torment of having his hair seized, then why would other men who have sons continue to long for sons at all?”

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• करिष्यन्ति: will do / will make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पुत्रेभ्यः: from sons
• पुत्रेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• पुत्रिणः: having sons, son-possessing
• पुत्रिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्पृहाम्: desire, longing
• स्पृहाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पृहा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• father (pitar-; unnamed in the Sanskrit line)