Shloka 17

Jatāyu’s Resistance, Sītā’s Traces, Kabandha’s Release, and the Path to Sugrīva (Āraṇyaka-parva 263)

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एतच्छुत्वा वचस्तस्य महर्षेरभावितात्मन: | अमन्यत पुनर्जातमात्मानं स सुयोधन:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! शुद्ध अन्त:ः:करणवाले महर्षि दुर्वासाका यह वचन सुनकर दुर्योधनने मन-ही-मन ऐसा समझा, मानो उसका नया जन्म हुआ हो

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca etac chrutvā vacas tasya maharṣer abhāvitātmanaḥ | amanyata punarjātam ātmānaṃ sa suyodhanaḥ ||

Translation

वैशंपायन म्हणाले—जनमेजया! त्या संयमित अंतःकरणाच्या महर्षीचे हे वचन ऐकून सुयोधनाने मनोमन स्वतःला जणू पुनर्जन्म मिळाल्यासारखे मानले.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एतत्this

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

वचःspeech; words

तस्यof him/that (person)

महर्षेःof the great sage

अभावितात्मनःof (one) whose inner self is not purified/undisciplined

अमन्यतthought; considered

पुनःagain

जातम्born; arisen

आत्मानम्himself; the self

सःhe

सुयोधनःSuyodhana (Duryodhana)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

the Maharṣi (great seer)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes