Shloka 93

Devanagari script

व्यक्तमाकुलया बुद्धया प्रज्ञाचक्षु: पिता मम । एकैकमस्यां वेलायां पृच्छत्याश्रमवासिनम्‌,निश्चय ही इस समय मेरे प्रज्ञाचक्षु (अंधे) पिता व्याकुल हृदयसे एक-एक आश्रमवासीके पास जाकर मेरे विषयमें पूछ रहे होंगे

Transliteration

vyaktam ākulayā buddhyā prajñācakṣuḥ pitā mama | ekaikam asyāṁ velāyāṁ pṛcchaty āśramavāsinam ||

Translation

ഇപ്പോൾ എന്റെ പ്രജ്ഞാചക്ഷുസ്സായ (അന്ധനായ) പിതാവ് വ്യാകുലബുദ്ധിയോടെ ഓരോ ആശ്രമവാസിയെയും സമീപിച്ച് എന്റെ വിവരം ചോദിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുമെന്നത് തീർച്ച.

Word by Word

व्यक्तम्clearly, evidently

आकुलयाwith a distressed/agitated

बुद्धयाwith mind/intellect

प्रज्ञाचक्षुःthe one whose eyes are wisdom (blind, yet insightful)

पिताfather

ममmy

एकैकम्each one (one by one)

अस्याम्in this

वेलायाम्at the time

पृच्छतिasks

आश्रमवासिनम्an ashram-dweller (hermit)

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yama

Yama's father (prajñācakṣuḥ)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic sensitivity to family bonds: even a spiritually discerning person can feel deep concern in separation, and the speaker recognizes the ethical weight of a parent’s anxiety and the duty to respond responsibly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yama reflects on his father’s likely state: distressed and searching, his blind yet wise father is imagined moving among hermitage residents, asking each of them for news about Yama.