Shloka 189

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

मोक्षे ते भावितां बुद्धि श्रुत्वाहं कुशलैषिणी । तव मोक्षस्य चाप्यस्य जिज्ञासार्थमिहागता,मैंने सुना था कि आपकी बुद्धि मोक्षधर्ममें लगी हुई है, अतः आपकी मंगलाकांक्षिणी होकर आपके इस मोक्षज्ञानका मर्म जाननेके लिये मैं यहाँ आयी हूँ

Transliteration

mokṣe te bhāvitāṃ buddhiṃ śrutvāhaṃ kuśalaiṣiṇī | tava mokṣasya cāpy asya jijñāsārtham ihāgatā ||

Translation

Ao ouvir que teu entendimento está firmemente voltado para a libertação, vim aqui desejando o teu bem, para indagar o verdadeiro sentido deste ensinamento sobre mokṣa que possuis.

Word by Word

मोक्षेin/with regard to liberation

तेyour

भाविताम्cultivated, directed (towards)

बुद्धिम्intellect, understanding

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

अहम्I

कुशलैषिणीseeking your welfare/auspicious good

तवof you, your

मोक्षस्यof liberation

चand

अपिalso, even

अस्यof this (teaching/topic)

जिज्ञासा-अर्थम्for the purpose of inquiry/knowing

इहhere

आगताcome, arrived

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes