Shloka 15

ययातेर्वानप्रस्थतपःस्वर्गारोहणम् | Yayāti’s Vānaprastha Austerities and Ascent to Heaven

Devanagari script

देवयान्युवाच केनास्यर्थेन नृपते इमं देशमुपागत: । जिधघृक्षुर्वारिजं किंचिदथवा मृगलिप्सया,देवयानीने पूछा--महाराज! आप किस कार्यसे वनके इस प्रदेशमें आये हैं? आप जल अथवा कमल लेना चाहते हैं या शिकारकी इच्छासे ही आये हैं?

Transliteration

devayāny uvāca kenāsyārthena nṛpate imaṁ deśam upāgataḥ | jighṛkṣur vārijaṁ kiñcid athavā mṛga-lipsayā ||

Translation

Деваяни сказала: «О царь, с какой целью ты пришёл в эту часть леса? Ты пришёл набрать воды или сорвать лотос, или же тебя привело желание охоты?»

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• केन: by what (means/for what reason)
• केन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अस्य: of this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अर्थेन: with what purpose
• अर्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नृपते: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देशम्: place/region
• देशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपागतः: has come/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जिघृक्षुः: wishing to take
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वारि: water
• वारि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जम्: born (in)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• किंचित्: something/a little
• किंचित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अथवा: or else
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा

• मृग: deer/game
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लिप्सया: with desire (to obtain)
• लिप्सया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिप्सा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devayānī
• nṛpati (the king, i.e., Yayāti in context)
• forest (vana)
• this region/place (deśa)
• lotus (vārija)
• water
• game/animals (mṛga)