Shloka 44

Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)

Devanagari script

अभिजाने च तदहं यदर्थ मामुपागत: । अचिरात्‌ तु गमिष्यामि तेनाहं त्वामचूचुदम्‌

Transliteration

abhijāne ca tad ahaṃ yadartha mām upāgataḥ | acirāt tu gamiṣyāmi tenāhaṃ tvām acūcudam |

Translation

“我已明白你来见我的用意。然而不久我便要离开此地；因此我才催促你开口——不要迟疑，尽管提出你的问题。”

Word by Word

• [{'sanskrit': 'abhijāne', 'meaning': 'I know, I recognize (clearly understand)'}, {'sanskrit': 'tad', 'meaning': 'that (matter/purpose)'}, {'sanskrit': 'ahaṃ', 'meaning': 'I'}, {'sanskrit': 'yad-artha(m)', 'meaning': 'for what purpose

• the reason'}, {'sanskrit': 'mām', 'meaning': 'to me'}, {'sanskrit': 'upāgataḥ', 'meaning': 'has come, has approached'}, {'sanskrit': 'acirāt', 'meaning': 'soon

• before long'}, {'sanskrit': 'tu', 'meaning': 'but

• indeed (contrast/emphasis)'}, {'sanskrit': 'gamiṣyāmi', 'meaning': 'I shall go

• I shall depart'}, {'sanskrit': 'tena', 'meaning': 'therefore

• for that reason'}, {'sanskrit': 'tvām', 'meaning': 'you'}, {'sanskrit': 'acūcudam', 'meaning': 'I urged/prompted (you)

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Siddha (speaker)
• the addressed visitor/seeker (unnamed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes timely inquiry and purposeful dialogue: a wise teacher, aware of the seeker’s intent and the shortness of time, urges the seeker to ask directly so that instruction can be given without delay.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha addresses a visitor who has approached with a specific aim. Knowing he will soon depart, the Siddha encourages the visitor to speak up and pose the intended question, setting the stage for instruction.