Shloka 26

Adhyāya 125: Raṅga-pradarśana — Arjuna’s Entry and Astric Demonstration (रङ्गप्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

मां चाभिगम्य क्षीणो5यं कामाद्‌ भरतसत्तम: । तमुच्छिन्द्यामस्य कामं कथं नु यमसादने,ये भरतश्रेष्ठ मेरे प्रति आसक्त हो मुझसे समागम करके मृत्युको प्राप्त हुए हैं; अतः मुझे किसी प्रकार परलोकमें पहुँचकर उनकी उस कामवासनाकी निवृत्ति करनी चाहिये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

māṁ cābhigamya kṣīṇo 'yaṁ kāmād bharatasattamaḥ |

tam ucchindyām asya kāmaṁ kathaṁ nu yamasādane ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Having approached and united with me, this best of the Bharatas has perished, consumed by desire. How, then, in Yama’s abode (the realm of the dead), might I cut off and bring to an end his craving?”

Word by Word

माम्me

चand

अभिगम्यhaving approached

क्षीणःwasted away, exhausted

अयम्this (man)

कामात्from desire; due to lust

भरत-सत्तमःthe best of the Bharatas

तम्him

उच्छिन्द्याम्I should cut off / remove

अस्यof him / his

कामम्desire, lust

कथम्how?

नुindeed; (interrogative particle)

यम-सादनेin Yama's abode (realm of death)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bharatasattama (a Bharata noble, unnamed here)

Yama

Yamasādana (abode of Yama)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes