Shloka 92

Devanagari script

अहं च संशयं प्राप्त: कृच्छामापदमास्थित: । मातापितृभ्यां हि विना नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे,मैं भी कठिन विपत्तिमें फँसकर प्राण-संशयकी दशामें आ पहुँचा हूँ। माता-पिताके बिना तो मैं कदापि जीवित नहीं रह सकता

Transliteration

ahaṃ ca saṃśayaṃ prāptaḥ kṛcchrām āpadam āsthitaḥ | mātāpitṛbhyāṃ hi vinā nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe ||

Translation

Wika ni Yama: “Ako man ay napasapit sa pag-aalinlangan sa sarili kong buhay, sapagkat nalugmok ako sa isang mabigat na kapahamakan. Kung wala ang aking ina at ama, wala akong loob na magpatuloy pang mabuhay.”

Word by Word

अहम्I

चand

संशयम्doubt; peril (uncertainty)

प्राप्तःhaving reached; having come to

कृच्छाम्hard, grievous

आपदम्calamity, misfortune

आस्थितःhaving entered; having fallen into

माताmother

पितृभ्याम्by/with (the) father (and another); (here) with parents

हिindeed, for

विनाwithout

नnot

अहम्I

जीवितुम्to live

उत्सहेI am able; I dare; I can

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

य

यम (Yama)

म

माता (mother)

प

पिता (father)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical weight of one’s bond with parents: gratitude, dependence, and duty toward mother and father are presented as so fundamental that life itself feels untenable without them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yama speaks in a tone of personal distress, declaring that he too has fallen into a severe crisis and feels unable to continue living in the absence of his parents—framing the moment as an appeal grounded in familial obligation and emotional truth.