Shloka 51

Āṇīmāṇḍavya–Upākhyāna

The Account of Āṇīmāṇḍavya and the Birth of Vidura

Devanagari script

पर्यपूच्छत्‌ ततस्तस्या: पितरं सो55त्मकारणात्‌ | सचतं प्रत्युवाचेदं दाशराजो महीपतिम्‌,उन्होंने उसके पितासे पूछा--“मैं अपने लिये तुम्हारी कन्या चाहता हूँ।' यह सुनकर निषादराजने राजा शान्तनुको यह उत्तर दिया--

Transliteration

paryapṛcchat tataḥ tasyāḥ pitaraṃ so ’tmakāraṇāt | sa ca taṃ pratyuvācedaṃ dāśarājo mahīpatim |

Translation

ထို့နောက် မိမိရည်ရွယ်ချက်ကြောင့် မင်းသည် သူမ၏ ဖခင်ကို မေးမြန်း하였다။ “ငါသည် သင်၏သမီးကို ငါ့အတွက် လိုချင်သည်” ဟူသော မင်း၏တောင်းဆိုချက်ကို ကြားသော်၊ ငါးဖမ်းသူတို့၏ အရှင် ဒဿရာဇာသည် ရှာန္တနုမင်းအား စဉ်းစားချင့်ချိန်သော အဖြေဖြင့် ပြန်လည်ဆို하였다။

Word by Word

• परि: around; fully (prefix/adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• अपृच्छत्: asked
• अपृच्छत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, genitive, singular

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• आत्मकारणात्: for his own reason/purpose
• आत्मकारणात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मकारण
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• स: he
• स: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रत्युवाच: replied to; answered
• प्रत्युवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Lit), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• इदम्: this (speech/words)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• दाशराजः: the king of the fishermen (Daśarāja)
• दाशराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशराज
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महीपतिम्: to the king; to the lord of the earth
• महीपतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śāntanu
• Daśarāja (Niṣāda-rāja / king of fishermen)
• the maiden (Satyavatī, implied)