Shloka 22

Viśvāmitra-janma: Ṛcīka–Satyavatī–Gādhi and the Charu Exchange (विश्वामित्र-जन्म: ऋचीक–सत्यवती–गाधि वृत्तान्तः)

Devanagari script

मात्रे तत्‌ सर्वमाचख्यौ सा कन्या राजसत्तम | अथ तामब्रवीन्माता सुतां किंचिदवाड्मुखी,नृपश्रेष्ठ तब उस राजकन्याने अपनी मातासे मुनिकी कही हुई सब बातें बतायीं। वह सुनकर उसकी माताने संकोचसे सिर नीचे करके पुत्रीसे कहा--

Transliteration

mātre tat sarvam ācakhyau sā kanyā rājasattama | atha tām abravīn mātā sutāṁ kiñcid avāṅmukhī ||

Translation

ข้าแต่นฤปश्रेष्ठ! ธิดากษัตริย์นั้นได้เล่าถ้อยคำทั้งหมดที่ฤๅษีกล่าวไว้แก่มารดา ครั้นมารดาได้ฟัง ก็รู้สึกกระดากอยู่บ้าง ก้มหน้าแล้วกล่าวกับบุตรี

Word by Word

• मात्रे: to (her) mother
• मात्रे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचख्यौ: told, related
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कन्या: the maiden/daughter
• कन्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• राजसत्तम: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• माता: the mother
• माता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुताम्: to the daughter
• सुताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• किंचित्: something, a little
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचित्

• अवाक्: downwards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवाक्

• मुखी: faced (having the face)
• मुखी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुखिन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नृपश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• the maiden/princess (kanyā)
• the mother (mātā)
• the king addressed as rājasattama