Shloka 8

Yayāti’s Request for Youth: Sons’ Refusals and Pūru’s Acceptance (ययातेः यौवन-विनिमयः)

Devanagari script

देवयान्युवाच वेदाहं तात बालापि धर्माणां यदिहान्तरम्‌ । अक्रोधे चातिवादे च वेद चापि बलाबलम्‌,देवयानीने कहा--पिताजी! यद्यपि मैं अभी बालिका हूँ फिर भी धर्म-अधर्मका अन्तर समझती हूँ। क्षमा और निन्दाकी सबलता और निर्बलताका भी मुझे ज्ञान है

Transliteration

devayāny uvāca: vedāhaṃ tāta bālāpi dharmāṇāṃ yad ihāntaram | akrodhe cātivāde ca veda cāpi balābalam ||

Translation

ਦੇਵਯਾਨੀ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਪਿਤਾਜੀ! ਮੈਂ ਭਾਵੇਂ ਹਾਲੇ ਬਾਲਿਕਾ ਹਾਂ, ਤਾਂ ਵੀ ਇਸ ਮਾਮਲੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਧਰਮ ਤੇ ਅਧਰਮ ਦਾ ਭੇਦ ਜਾਣਦੀ ਹਾਂ। ਕ੍ਰੋਧ-ਰਹਿਤ ਸਹਿਨਸ਼ੀਲਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਕਠੋਰ ਅਤਿਵਚਨ—ਦੋਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਤਾਕਤ ਤੇ ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰੀ ਵੀ ਮੈਂ ਸਮਝਦੀ ਹਾਂ।

Word by Word

• देवयानी: Devayānī
• देवयानी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवयानी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वेद: I know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• तात: O father/dear father
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बाला: a girl/child
• बाला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: even/although
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• धर्माणाम्: of dharmas / of right conduct
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• यत्: which/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here/in this matter
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अन्तरम्: difference/distinction
• अन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अक्रोधे: in non-anger / in forbearance
• अक्रोधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• अतिवादे: in excessive speech/abuse/over-argument
• अतिवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• वेद: I know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: also/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• बलाबलम्: strength and weakness (the relative force)
• बलाबलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल-अबल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devayānī
• Śukra (as father, implied by 'tāta')
• dharma