Shloka 38

Drupada’s Putrakāmeṣṭi: The Sacrificial Birth of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Kṛṣṇā

Devanagari script

घटो हास्योत्कच इति माता त॑ प्रत्यभाषत । अब्रवीत्‌ तेन नामास्य घटोत्कच इति सम ह,बालककी माताने भीमसेनसे कहा--“इसका घट (सिर) उत्कच- अर्थात्‌ केशरहित है।' उसके इस कथनसे ही उसका नाम घटोत्कच हो गया

Transliteration

ghaṭo hāsyotkaca iti mātā taṁ pratyabhāṣata | abravīt tena nāmāsya ghaṭotkaca iti sama ha |

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：他的母亲对孩子说道：“此子为‘伽吒’与‘乌特迦叉’——其头如罐，其发已剃（或全无）。”正因这句话，他的名字便被确立为“伽吒乌特迦叉”（Ghaṭotkaca）。

Word by Word

घटःGhaṭa (as a name/‘pot’; here ‘head’ by sense)

हास्यःlaughable, amusing

उत्कचःbald, hairless

इतिthus, ‘as’ (quotative)

माताmother

तम्him

प्रत्यभाषतanswered, spoke in reply

अब्रवीत्said

तेनby that, thereby

नामname

अस्यof him

घटोत्कचःGhaṭotkaca (proper name)

इतिthus (quotative)

सम्indeed, altogether (particle)

अहindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Ghaṭotkaca

Ghaṭotkaca's mother (Hiḍimbā, implied)

Bhīmasena (from the accompanying Hindi gloss)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes