Shloka 77

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

गृहं गन्तुमृषे चाहं धीमन्‌ न स्थातुमुत्सहे । एतत्‌ संचिन्त्य भगवन्‌ विधत्स्व यदनन्तरम्‌

Transliteration

gṛhaṃ gantum ṛṣe cāhaṃ dhīman na sthātum utsahe | etat saṃcintya bhagavan vidhatsva yad anantaram ||

Translation

彼女は言った。「おお、賢き仙よ。わたしは家へ帰ることもできず、ここに留まる勇気もありません。尊き御方よ、これをよく思案し、そのうえで次に為すべきことをお定めください。」

Word by Word

• गृहम्: to (my) home
• गृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गन्तुम्: to go
• गन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• ऋषे: O sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

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

• धीमन्: O wise one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• स्थातुम्: to stay/stand
• स्थातुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• उत्सहे: I am able / I dare
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सह्
• Form: Lat (Present), Atmanepada, First, Singular

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• संचिन्त्य: having well considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + चिन्त्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• भगवन्: O venerable one
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विधत्स्व: do/arrange (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा
• Form: Lot (Imperative), Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

• यत्: what (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनन्तरम्: next / thereafter
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निष्पाप: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्पाप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महर्षे: O great sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• ṛṣi (sage)
• bhagavan (revered one)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When personal safety, social honor, and duty collide, one should pause, reflect, and seek a dharmic decision from a competent moral authority rather than act impulsively.

What is happening in the narrative?

A distressed woman declares she can neither return home nor remain where she is, fearing the loss of her maiden status and its consequences; she appeals to the sage to deliberate and determine the proper next step.