Shloka 85

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

Devanagari script

इच्छाद्वेष भवैर्दु:खै: प्रकर्षो यत्र जायते । तत्र या नृपते वृत्तिस्तत्‌ प्रयोजनमिष्यते,नरेश्वर! इच्छा अथवा द्वेषसे उत्पन्न हुए दुःखोंद्वारा जहाँ किसी एक प्रकारके दुःखकी प्रधानता हो जाय, वहाँ जो वृत्ति उदय होती है, उसीको प्रयोजन कहते हैं

Transliteration

icchādveṣa-bhavaiḥ duḥkhaiḥ prakarṣo yatra jāyate | tatra yā nṛpate vṛttis tat prayojanam iṣyate, nareśvara ||

Translation

इच्छाद्वेषभवैर्दुःखैः प्रकर्षो यत्र जायते । तत्र या नृपते वृत्तिस्तत् प्रयोजनमिष्यते ॥

Word by Word

इच्छाdesire

द्वेषaversion/hatred

भवैःarising (from)

दुःखैःby sufferings

प्रकर्षःpredominance/intensity

यत्रwhere

जायतेarises/is born

तत्रthere

याwhich

नृपतेO king

वृत्तिःmental tendency/operation

तत्that

प्रयोजनम्purpose/motive

इष्यतेis considered/is held to be

नरेश्वरO lord of men (king)

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

nṛpati (the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

nareśvara (lord of men, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes