Shloka 45

Babhruvāhana’s Lament and Appeal for Expiation (प्रायश्चित्त-याचना)

Devanagari script

मया तु मोहनी नाम मायैषा सम्प्रदर्शिता | प्रियार्थ पुरुषेन्द्रस्य पितुस्तेडद्य यशस्विन:,“यह तो मैंने आज तुम्हारे यशस्वी पिता पुरुषप्रवर धनंजयका प्रिय करनेके लिये मोहनी माया दिखलायी है

Transliteration

mayā tu mohinī nāma māyaiṣā sampradarśitā | priyārthaṃ puruṣendrasya pituḥ te’dya yaśasvinaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana disse: “Fui eu quem, hoje, exibiu esta ilusão chamada ‘Mohinī’—mostrada para agradar teu pai glorioso, o melhor dos homens.”

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• मोहनी: bewitching, deluding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोहनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• माया: illusion, magical power
• माया: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एषा: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्प्रदर्शिता: shown, displayed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-दृश्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• प्रियार्थम्: for (the sake of) pleasing; for a dear purpose
• प्रियार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियार्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषेन्द्रस्य: of the lord among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पितुः: of (your) father
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ते: of you; your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• यशस्विनः: of the glorious/famous one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Mohinī-māyā
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna, implied by ‘puruṣapravara dhanañjaya’ in the given gloss)
• the father addressed as ‘yaśasvin’ (glorious father, context-dependent)