Shloka 6

Śaraṇāgatapālana—Prastāvanā

Protection of the Refuge-Seeker: Opening of the Kapota Narrative

Devanagari script

तस्मै विनिश्चितार्थाय परिपृष्टो<र्थनिश्चयम्‌ । उवाच ब्राह्मणो वाक्यमिदं हेतुमदुत्तमम्‌,राजा शत्रुंजयको शास्त्रका तात्पर्य निश्चितरूपसे ज्ञात था। उन्होंने जब कर्तव्य-निश्चयके लिये प्रश्न उपस्थित किया, तब ब्राह्मण भारद्वाज कणिकने यह युक्तियुक्त उत्तम वचन बोलना आस्मभ किया--

Transliteration

tasmai viniścitārthāya paripṛṣṭo ’rthanścayam | uvāca brāhmaṇo vākyam idaṃ hetumad uttamam ||

Translation

目的を固く定め、なすべきことの明確な決断を求めて王が問いかけると、婆羅門は理に満ちたこの上なく優れた言葉をもって答え、断乎たる行動の道筋を示した。

Word by Word

• {'tasmai': 'to him

• for that person (dative singular)', 'viniścitārthāya': 'to one whose aim/meaning is firmly determined

• to one of settled purpose', 'paripṛṣṭaḥ': 'having been asked

• when questioned closely', 'artha-niścayam (’rthanścayam)': 'a determination/decision regarding the matter

• decisive conclusion about the issue at hand', 'uvāca': 'said

• spoke', 'brāhmaṇaḥ': 'the Brahmin (a learned priest/sage figure)', 'vākyam': 'speech

• utterance', 'idam': 'this', 'hetumat': 'endowed with reasons

• supported by arguments', 'uttamam': 'excellent

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• a king (rājā, unnamed in the verse)
• a Brahmin (brāhmaṇaḥ, unnamed in the verse)