Shloka 17

धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Permission for Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

अरण्यगमने बुद्धिर्गान्धारीसहितस्य मे,तेषामस्थिरबुद्धीनां लुब्धानां कामचारिणाम्‌

Transliteration

araṇyagamane buddhir gāndhārīsahitasya me, teṣām asthirabuddhīnāṁ lubdhānāṁ kāmacāriṇām

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Ang aking pasya ay tumungo sa gubat kasama si Gāndhārī—sapagkat nakita ko ang mga taong yaon na pabagu-bago ang isip, sakim, at hinihila ng pagnanasang walang pagpipigil.”

Word by Word

• अरण्यगमने: in (the act of) going to the forest
• अरण्यगमने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य-गमन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बुद्धिः: the intention/resolve
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गान्धारीसहितस्य: of me, accompanied by Gāndhārī
• गान्धारीसहितस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गान्धारी-सहित
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• तेषाम्: of those (people)
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अस्थिरबुद्धीनाम्: of the fickle-minded
• अस्थिरबुद्धीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्थिर-बुद्धि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• लुब्धानाम्: of the greedy
• लुब्धानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लुब्ध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• कामचारिणाम्: of those who act as they please
• कामचारिणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामचारिन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gāndhārī
• araṇya (forest)