Shloka 13

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

Devanagari script

राजा तस्या: परं दृष्टवा सौकुमार्य वपुस्तदा | केयं कस्य कुतो वेति बभूवागतविस्मय:,उसके परम सुकुमार शरीर और सौन्दर्यको देखकर राजा जनक आश्वर्यसे चकित हो उठे और मन-ही-मन सोचने लगे, “यह कौन है, किसकी है अथवा कहाँसे आयी है?”

Transliteration

rājā tasyāḥ paraṃ dṛṣṭvā saukumāryaṃ vapus tadā | keyaṃ kasya kuto veti babhūvāgatavismayaḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhishma: Nang makita ang lubhang maselan at marikit na anyo niya, napamangha si Haring Janaka. Sa loob-loob niya’y nag-isip siya: “Sino siya? Kanino siya nabibilang? Saan siya nagmula?”

Word by Word

राजाthe king

तस्याःof her

परम्supreme/excellent (beauty/quality)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

सौकुमार्यdelicacy, tenderness

वपुःbody, form

तदाthen

काwho? (fem.)

इयम्this (woman)

कस्यof whom? whose?

कुतःfrom where?

वाor

इतिthus (quotative)

बभूवbecame; was

आगत-विस्मयःone to whom astonishment had come; astonished

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

King Janaka

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes