Shloka 38

Bhāgīratha’s Tapas and the Petition to Gaṅgā (गङ्गावतरण-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच किमर्थ राजशार्दूल: सगर: पुत्रमात्मजम्‌ | त्यक्तवान्‌ दुस्त्यजं वीरं तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--तपोधन! नृपश्रेष्ठ सगरने किसलिये अपने दुस्त्यज वीर पुत्रका त्याग किया था, यह मुझे बताइये

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kimarthaṁ rājarṣārḍūlaḥ Sagaraḥ putram ātmajam | tyaktavān dustyajaṁ vīraṁ tan me brūhi tapodhana ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira nói: “Vì cớ gì vua Sagara—bậc hổ trong hàng đế vương—lại ruồng bỏ chính con trai mình, người anh hùng khó lòng dứt bỏ ấy? Hỡi bậc ẩn sĩ giàu công khổ hạnh, xin hãy nói cho ta biết.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• किमर्थम्: for what reason? why?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किमर्थ

• राजशार्दूलः: tiger among kings (great king)
• राजशार्दूलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजशार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सगरः: Sagara
• सगरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सगर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मजम्: own son (born of oneself)
• आत्मजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्यक्तवान्: abandoned; having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: क्तवतुँ, Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Active (agentive past participle), Perfective/Past (periphrastic sense)

• दुस्त्यजम्: hard to give up
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुस्त्यज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीरम्: hero; brave one
• वीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me; for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• ब्रूहि: tell (me)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तपोधन: O one rich in austerity (ascetic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Sagara
• Tapodhana (the ascetic/sage being addressed)