Shloka 55

चित्रसेन-समागमः / The Engagement with Citrasena and the Gandharvas

Devanagari script

तमहं भारमासक्तमनाधृष्य॑ दुरात्मभि: । सुखं सर्व परित्यज्य रात्र्यहानि घटामि वै,“मुझपर जो भार रखा गया था, उसे दुष्ट स्वभावके स्त्री-पुरुष नहीं उठा सकते थे। परंतु मैं सब प्रकारका सुख-भोग छोड़कर रात-दिन उस दुर्वह भारको वहन करनेकी चेष्टा किया करती थी

Transliteration

tam ahaṃ bhāram āsaktam anādhṛṣyaṃ durātmabhiḥ | sukhaṃ sarvaṃ parityajya rātryahāni ghaṭāmi vai ||

Translation

“The burden that had been laid upon me was one that wicked-minded men and women could not have borne. Yet, renouncing every kind of comfort and pleasure, I strove day and night to carry that grievous load.”

Word by Word

तम्that (burden)

अहम्I

भारम्burden, load

आसक्तम्attached/placed upon (me)

अनाधृष्यम्unassailable / not to be overcome

दुरात्मभिःby evil-minded persons

सुखम्comfort, pleasure

सर्वम्all

परित्यज्यhaving abandoned

रात्रिnight

अहानिdays

घटामिI strive / I endeavor

वैindeed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

bhāra (burden/responsibility)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes