Shloka 20

Adhyāya 125: Raṅga-pradarśana — Arjuna’s Entry and Astric Demonstration (रङ्गप्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

कथं दीनस्य सततं त्वामासाद्य रहोगताम्‌ | त॑ विचिन्तयत:ः शापं प्रहर्ष. समजायत,“वे तो उस शापका चिन्तन करते हुए सदा दीन और उदास बने रहते थे, फिर तुझको एकान्तमें पाकर उनके मनमें कामजनित हर्ष कैसे उत्पन्न हुआ?

Transliteration

kathaṁ dīnasya satataṁ tvām āsādya rahogatām | taṁ vicintayataḥ śāpaṁ praharṣaḥ samajāyata |

Translation

ကုန္တီက ဆိုသည်—“သူသည် ထိုကျိန်စာကို စဉ်းစားနေသဖြင့် အမြဲတမ်း စိတ်ညှိုးနွမ်း၍ ဝမ်းနည်းနေခဲ့သည်။ ထိုသို့ဖြစ်လျက်နှင့် သင်ကို တိတ်ဆိတ်ရာ၌ တစ်ယောက်တည်း တွေ့သောအခါ မည်သို့ ကာမကြောင့် ဖြစ်သော ပျော်ရွှင်မှုက သူ၏ စိတ်၌ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာနိုင်သနည်း?”

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• दीनस्य: of the dejected/poor one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सततम्: always, constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम्

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having approached/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• रहोगताम्: gone into solitude; being in private
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रहोगत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (then/thereupon)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विचिन्तयतः: of (him) thinking/pondering
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√चिन्त्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• शापम्: curse
• शापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रहर्षः: joy, exhilaration
• प्रहर्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समजायत: arose, came into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√जन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• śāpa (curse)