Shloka 75

Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)

Devanagari script

अभ्यागच्छ॑ कुरून्‌ भीष्म शिष्यैरर्थी गुणान्वितै: । ततो<हं भवतः काम॑ संवर्धयितुमागत:

Transliteration

abhyāgaccha kurūn bhīṣma śiṣyair arthī guṇānvitaiḥ | tato 'haṃ bhavataḥ kāmaṃ saṃvardhayitum āgataḥ ||

Translation

「来たれ、ビ―シュマよ。教えを求め、徳を備えた相応しい弟子たちを伴い、クル族のもとへ。ゆえに私は来たのだ――あなたの望み（目的）を成就させ、さらに推し進めるために。」

Word by Word

• अभ्यागच्छ: come near / approach
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-आ-गम् (गच्छ्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, parasmaipada

• कुरून्: the Kurus
• कुरून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• भीष्म: O Bhishma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• शिष्यैः: with disciples
• शिष्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• अर्थी: desirous (of something), seeking
• अर्थी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• गुणान्वितैः: endowed with virtues
• गुणान्वितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणान्वित
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• ततः: then / therefore
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: nominative, singular

• भवतः: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• कामम्: desire / wish
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• संवर्धयितुम्: to increase / to fulfill
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-वृध्
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• आगतः: having come / I have come
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma
• Kurus