Shloka 42

देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठाश्वत्थमाश्रित्य ह्य् अमृता तु यथा लता निर्मूलाप्यमृता भर्त्रा त्यक्ता दीना स्थिताप्यहम्

Transliteration

vasiṣṭhāśvatthamāśritya hy amṛtā tu yathā latā nirmūlāpyamṛtā bhartrā tyaktā dīnā sthitāpyaham

Translation

Gaya ng baging na kumakapit sa banal na punong aśvattha ni Vasiṣṭha, gayon din akong si Amṛtā ay kumapit upang may masandalan. Ngunit kahit “Amṛtā” ang aking pangalan, ako’y nabunot sa ugat—iniwan ng aking asawa—at nananatiling nakatayo, abang-aba.

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha): the sage Vasiṣṭha

• अश्वत्थम् (aśvattham): the sacred fig tree

• आश्रित्य (āśritya): having taken refuge in/clinging to

• हि (hi): indeed

• अमृता (amṛtā): Amṛtā (name of the woman)

• तु (tu): but/indeed

• यथा (yathā): just as

• लता (latā): creeper/vine

• निर्मूला अपि (nirmūlā api): even though uprooted/without roots

• भर्त्रा (bhartrā): by the husband

• त्यक्ता (tyaktā): abandoned

• दीना (dīnā): miserable, distressed

• स्थितापि (sthitā api): even while remaining/standing

• अहम् (aham): I

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a cited lament spoken by Amṛtā within the chapter’s internal story)