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व्यासवाक्यम्
vyāsavākyam
[व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa; (the sage, author of Mahābhārata); वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement; sentence;]
(Vyāsa statement;)
Statement of Vyāsa;
व्यास उवाच॥
vyāsa uvāca॥
[व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa; (proper noun, the sage Vyāsa); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (spoke, declared; 3rd person singular, perfect);]
(Vyāsa said;)
Vyāsa said.
युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो यदाह कुरुनन्दनः। धृतराष्ट्रो महात्मा त्वां तत्कुरुष्वाविचारयन् ॥१५-८-१॥
yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho yadāha kurunandanaḥ। dhṛtarāṣṭro mahātmā tvāṃ tat kuruṣvāvicārayan ॥15-8-1॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one; यदा (yadā) - when; आह (āha) - said; कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - Kurunandana (scion of the Kuru dynasty); धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra; महात्मा (mahātmā) - great-souled; त्वाम् (tvām) - to you; तत् (tat) - that; कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do; अविचारयन् (avicārayan) - without deliberation;]
(Yudhiṣṭhira, O mighty-armed, when Kurunandana said, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the great-souled, to you, that do without deliberation.)
O Yudhiṣṭhira, mighty-armed, when Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the great-souled Kuru, said something to you, do that without hesitation. (15-8-1)
अयं हि वृद्धो नृपतिर्हतपुत्रो विशेषतः। नेदं कृच्छ्रं चिरतरं सहेदिति मतिर्मम ॥१५-८-२॥
ayaṁ hi vṛddho nṛpatirhataputro viśeṣataḥ। nedaṁ kṛcchraṁ cirataraṁ sahediti matirmama॥15-8-2॥
[अयम् (ayam) - this (man); हि (hi) - indeed; वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - aged; नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - king; हतपुत्रः (hataputraḥ) - bereft of son; विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially; न (na) - not; इदम् (idam) - this; कृच्छ्रम् (kṛcchram) - affliction; चिरतरम् (cirataram) - for a long time; सहेद् (sahet) - could endure; इति (iti) - thus; मतिः (matiḥ) - thought; मम (mama) - my;]
(This indeed aged king, bereft of his son, especially, not this affliction for a long time could endure—thus my thought.)
This aged king, who has lost his son, especially, could not bear this affliction for long—this is my thought. (15-8-2)
गान्धारी च महाभागा प्राज्ञा करुणवेदिनी। पुत्रशोकं महाराज धैर्येणोद्वहते भृशम् ॥१५-८-३॥
gāndhārī ca mahābhāgā prājñā karuṇavedinī. putraśokaṃ mahārāja dhairyeṇodvahate bhṛśam ॥15-8-3॥
[गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari (proper name, Queen Gandhari); च (ca) - and; महाभागा (mahābhāgā) - most fortunate; प्राज्ञा (prājñā) - wise; करुणवेदिनी (karuṇavedinī) - knowing compassion; पुत्रशोकं (putraśokam) - grief for sons; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; धैर्येण (dhairyeṇa) - with courage; उद्वहते (udvahate) - she endures; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly;]
(Gandhari and most fortunate, wise, knowing compassion, grief for sons, O great king, with courage, greatly she endures.)
O great king, Gandhari, who is most fortunate, wise, and compassionate, endures the grief for her sons with great courage. (15-8-3)
अहमप्येतदेव त्वां ब्रवीमि कुरु मे वचः। अनुज्ञां लभतां राजा मा वृथेह मरिष्यति ॥१५-८-४॥
aham apy etad eva tvāṁ bravīmi kuru me vacaḥ। anujñāṁ labhatāṁ rājā mā vṛtheha mariṣyati॥15-8-4॥
[अहम् (aham) - I; अपि (api) - also; एतद् (etad) - this; एव (eva) - indeed; त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular); ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I say; कुरु (kuru) - do (imperative, singular); मे (me) - my; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; अनुज्ञाम् (anujñām) - permission; लभताम् (labhatām) - let him obtain; राजा (rājā) - the king; मा (mā) - do not; वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain; इह (iha) - here; मरिष्यति (mariṣyati) - will die;]
(I also indeed this to you say, do my words. Permission let the king obtain; let him not here in vain die.)
I also say this to you: do as I ask. Let the king receive permission, so that he does not die here in vain. (15-8-4)
राजर्षीणां पुराणानामनुयातु गतिं नृपः। राजर्षीणां हि सर्वेषामन्ते वनमुपाश्रयः ॥१५-८-५॥
rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānām-anuyātu gatiṃ nṛpaḥ। rājarṣīṇāṃ hi sarveṣām-ante vanam-upāśrayaḥ॥15-8-5॥
[राजर्षीणां (rājarṣīṇām) - of the royal sages; पुराणानाम् (purāṇānām) - of the former (ones); अनुयातु (anuyātu) - (he) should follow; गतिम् (gatim) - path; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king; राजर्षीणां (rājarṣīṇām) - of the royal sages; हि (hi) - indeed; सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all; अन्ते (ante) - at the end; वनम् (vanam) - forest; उपाश्रयः (upāśrayaḥ) - resort/refuge;]
(The king should follow the path of the former royal sages; indeed, for all the royal sages, in the end, the forest is the refuge.)
The king should follow the path of the former royal sages: for all royal sages, the forest is their refuge at the end. (15-8-5)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun, the name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
इत्युक्तः स तदा राजा व्यासेनाद्भुतकर्मणा। प्रत्युवाच महातेजा धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥१५-८-६॥
ity-uktaḥ sa tadā rājā vyāsenādbhutakarmaṇā। pratyuvāca mahātejā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ॥15-8-6॥
[इति-उक्तः (iti-uktaḥ) - thus-spoken; स (sa) - he; तदा (tadā) - then; राजा (rājā) - the king; व्यासेन-अद्भुतकर्मणा (vyāsena-adbhutakarmaṇā) - by Vyāsa, of wondrous deeds; प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied; महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - of great splendor; धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - the king of dharma; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira;]
(Thus addressed he then the king by Vyāsa of wondrous deeds, replied the great-splendor Dharma-king Yudhiṣṭhira.)
Thus addressed by Vyāsa, who performed wondrous deeds, the king, the highly radiant Dharma-rāja Yudhiṣṭhira, then replied. (15-8-6)
भगवानेव नो मान्यो भगवानेव नो गुरुः। भगवानस्य राज्यस्य कुलस्य च परायणम् ॥१५-८-७॥
bhagavāneva no mānyo bhagavāneva no guruḥ। bhagavānasya rājyasya kulasya ca parāyaṇam॥15-8-7॥
[भगवान् (bhagavān) (bhagavān) - the blessed Lord; एव (eva) (eva) - indeed; नः (naḥ) (naḥ) - for us; मान्यः (mān-yaḥ) (mānyaḥ) - to be honored; भगवान् (bhagavān) (bhagavān) - the blessed Lord; एव (eva) (eva) - indeed; नः (naḥ) (naḥ) - for us; गुरुः (guruḥ) (guruḥ) - teacher; भगवानस्य (bhagavānasya) (bhagavānasya) - of the blessed Lord; राज्यस्य (rājyasya) (rājyasya) - of the kingdom; कुलस्य (kulasya) (kulasya) - of the family; च (ca) (ca) - and; परायणम् (parāyaṇam) (parāyaṇam) - refuge; supreme goal;]
(The blessed Lord indeed for us is to be honored; the blessed Lord indeed for us is the teacher; of the blessed Lord, of the kingdom, of the family, and the supreme goal.)
The blessed Lord alone is to be honored by us; the blessed Lord alone is our teacher; of the blessed Lord are the kingdom, the family, and the supreme refuge. (15-8-7)
अहं तु पुत्रो भगवान्पिता राजा गुरुश्च मे। निदेशवर्ती च पितुः पुत्रो भवति धर्मतः ॥१५-८-८॥
ahaṃ tu putro bhagavān pitā rājā guruś ca me। nideśavartī ca pituḥ putro bhavati dharmataḥ ॥15-8-8॥
[अहं (ahaṃ) - I; तु (tu) - but; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; भगवान् (bhagavān) - venerable; पिता (pitā) - father; राजा (rājā) - king; गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - for me; निदेशवर्ती (nideśavartī) - obeyer of command; च (ca) - and; पितुः (pituḥ) - of father; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; धर्मतः (dharmataḥ) - according to dharma;]
(I but son, venerable father, king, and teacher for me. The son of the father becomes the obeyer of command according to dharma.)
But I am a son; my father is venerable, king, and teacher to me. By dharma, the son should obey the command of the father. (15-8-8)
इत्युक्तः स तु तं प्राह व्यासो धर्मभृतां वरः। युधिष्ठिरं महातेजाः पुनरेव विशां पते ॥१५-८-९॥
ity-uktaḥ sa tu taṃ prāha vyāso dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ। yudhiṣṭhiraṃ mahātejāḥ punar-eva viśāṃ pate ॥15-8-9॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been addressed; स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; तं (taṃ) - him; प्राह (prāha) - spoke; व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa; धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - of upholders of dharma; वरः (varaḥ) - the best; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira; महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - of great energy; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; विशां (viśām) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord;]
(Thus addressed, he but him spoke Vyāsa, best of upholders of dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira, of great energy, again indeed, O lord of men.)
Thus addressed, Vyāsa, the best among upholders of righteousness, again spoke to Yudhiṣṭhira, the highly radiant lord of men. (15-8-9)
एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि भारत। राजायं वृद्धतां प्राप्तः प्रमाणे परमे स्थितः ॥१५-८-१०॥
evam etan mahābāho yathā vadasi bhārata। rājā ayaṁ vṛddhatāṁ prāptaḥ pramāṇe parame sthitaḥ ॥15-8-10॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; एतन् (etan) - this; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; यथा (yathā) - as; वदसि (vadasi) - you say; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata; राजा (rājā) - the king; अयम् (ayaṁ) - this; वृद्धताम् (vṛddhatām) - old age; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - has attained; प्रमाणे (pramāṇe) - in authority; परमे (parame) - supreme; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - is situated;]
(Thus, this, O mighty-armed, as you say, O Bhārata, the king, this, old age has attained, in supreme authority, is situated.)
O mighty-armed Bhārata, it is indeed as you say. This king has attained old age and is situated in supreme authority. (15-8-10)
सोऽयं मयाभ्यनुज्ञातस्त्वया च पृथिवीपते। करोतु स्वमभिप्रायं मास्य विघ्नकरो भव ॥१५-८-११॥
so'yaṁ mayābhyanujñātas tvayā ca pṛthivīpate. karotu svam abhiprāyaṁ māsya vighnakaro bhava ॥15-8-11॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अयम् (ayam) - this; मया (mayā) - by me; अभ्यनुज्ञातः (abhyanujñātaḥ) - permitted; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; च (ca) - and; पृथिवी-पते (pṛthivī-pate) - O lord of the earth; करोतु (karotu) - let him do; स्वम् (svam) - his own; अभिप्रायम् (abhiprāyam) - intention; मा (mā) - do not; अस्य (asya) - for him; विघ्नकरः (vighnakaraḥ) - obstacle-maker; भव (bhava) - be;]
(He, this (one), permitted by me and by you, O lord of the earth, let him do his own intention; do not be an obstacle-maker for him.)
He, having been permitted by me and by you, O king, let him carry out his intention; do not create obstacles for him. (15-8-11)
एष एव परो धर्मो राजर्षीणां युधिष्ठिर। समरे वा भवेन्मृत्युर्वने वा विधिपूर्वकम् ॥१५-८-१२॥
eṣa eva paro dharmo rājarṣīṇāṃ yudhiṣṭhira। samare vā bhavenmṛtyurvane vā vidhipūrvakam ॥15-8-12॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; एव (eva) - indeed; परो (paro) - supreme; धर्मो (dharmo) - duty; राजर्षीणां (rājarṣīṇāṃ) - of royal sages; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhisthira; समरे (samare) - in battle; वा (vā) - or; भवेत् (bhavet) - may be; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; वने (vane) - in the forest; वा (vā) - or; विधिपूर्वकम् (vidhipūrvakam) - according to the ordinance;]
(This indeed is the supreme duty of royal sages, O Yudhisthira: either in battle may there be death, or in the forest according to law.)
This is truly the highest duty of royal sages, O Yudhisthira: to either meet death in battle, or to reside in the forest according to prescribed rules. (15-8-12)
पित्रा तु तव राजेन्द्र पाण्डुना पृथिवीक्षिता। शिष्यभूतेन राजायं गुरुवत्पर्युपासितः ॥१५-८-१३॥
pitrā tu tava rājendra pāṇḍunā pṛthivīkṣitā। śiṣyabhūtena rājāyaṃ guruvat paryupāsitaḥ ॥15-8-13॥
[पित्रा (pitrā) - by (your) father; तु (tu) - but; तव (tava) - your; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O best of kings; पाण्डुना (pāṇḍunā) - by Pāṇḍu; पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the earth; ईक्षिता (īkṣitā) - was ruled; शिष्यभूतेन (śiṣyabhūtena) - having become like a disciple; राजा (rājā) - the king; अयम् (ayam) - this; गुरुवत् (guruvat) - like a guru; पर्युपासितः (paryupāsitaḥ) - was served;]
(But by your father, O best of kings, by Pāṇḍu, the earth was ruled; by him, having become like a disciple, this king was served like a guru.)
But by your father Pāṇḍu, O best of kings, the earth was ruled; this king, having become as a disciple, served him as a teacher. (15-8-13)
क्रतुभिर्दक्षिणावद्भिरन्नपर्वतशोभितैः। महद्भिरिष्टं भोगाश्च भुक्ताः पुत्राश्च पालिताः ॥१५-८-१४॥
kratubhir dakṣiṇāvadbhir annaparvataśobhitaiḥ। mahadbhir iṣṭaṃ bhogāś ca bhuktāḥ putrāś ca pālitāḥ ॥15-8-14॥
[क्रतुभिः (kratubhiḥ) - by sacrifices; दक्षिणा-वत्भिः (dakṣiṇā-vadbhih) - endowed with generous gifts; अन्न-पर्वत-शोभितैः (anna-parvata-śobhitaiḥ) - adorned with heaps of food; महद्भिः (mahadbhiḥ) - by great (acts or things); इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - worship performed; भोगाः (bhogāḥ) - enjoyments; च (ca) - and; भुक्ताः (bhuktāḥ) - enjoyed; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; च (ca) - and; पालिताः (pālitāḥ) - protected;]
(By sacrifices endowed with generous gifts, adorned with heaps of food, and by great (acts), worship was performed; enjoyments were enjoyed and sons were protected.)
Sacrifices were performed, generously endowed and adorned with heaps of food; great enjoyments were experienced and sons were protected. (15-8-14)
पुत्रसंस्थं च विपुलं राज्यं विप्रोषिते त्वयि। त्रयोदशसमा भुक्तं दत्तं च विविधं वसु ॥१५-८-१५॥
putrasaṁsthaṁ ca vipulaṁ rājyaṁ viproṣite tvayi। trayodaśasamā bhuktaṁ dattaṁ ca vividhaṁ vasu ॥15-8-15॥
[पुत्रसंस्थं (putrasaṁstham) - established in the son; च (ca) - and; विपुलं (vipulam) - extensive; राज्यं (rājyam) - kingdom; विप्रोषिते (viproṣite) - while (you were) gone (abroad); त्वयि (tvayi) - you; त्रयोदशसमा (trayodaśasamā) - thirteen years; भुक्तं (bhuktam) - enjoyed; दत्तं (dattam) - given; च (ca) - and; विविधं (vividham) - various; वसु (vasu) - wealth;]
(Kingdom, extensive, established in the son, and you being gone, thirteen years enjoyed, and various wealth given.)
The extensive kingdom, established in the son, was enjoyed for thirteen years during your absence, and various kinds of wealth were given. (15-8-15)
त्वया चायं नरव्याघ्र गुरुशुश्रूषया नृपः। आराधितः सभृत्येन गान्धारी च यशस्विनी ॥१५-८-१६॥
tvayā cāyaṁ naravyāghra guruśuśrūṣayā nṛpaḥ। ārādhitaḥ sabhṛtyena gāndhārī ca yaśasvinī ॥15-8-16॥
[त्वया (tvayā) - by you; च (ca) - and; अयम् (ayam) - this; नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - tiger among men; गुरुशुश्रूषया (guruśuśrūṣayā) - by service to the elders; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king; आराधितः (ārādhitaḥ) - has been pleased; सभृत्येन (sabhṛtyena) - with his attendants; गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari; च (ca) - and; यशस्विनी (yaśasvinī) - illustrious (woman);]
(By you, and this tiger among men, the king, by service to the elders, has been pleased along with his attendants; Gandhari also, the illustrious (woman).)
By you, this king—tiger among men—has been pleased through service to the elders, along with his attendants; and Gandhari, the illustrious woman, too. (15-8-16)
अनुजानीहि पितरं समयोऽस्य तपोविधौ। न मन्युर्विद्यते चास्य सुसूक्ष्मोऽपि युधिष्ठिर ॥१५-८-१७॥
anujānīhi pitaraṃ samayo'sya tapovidhau। na manyurvidyate cāsya susūkṣmo'pi yudhiṣṭhira ॥15-8-17॥
[अनुजानीहि (anujānīhi) - permit;, पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father;, समयः (samayaḥ) - time;, अस्य (asya) - of him;, तपःविधौ (tapo-vidhau) - in the ritual of ascetic practice;, न (na) - not;, मन्युः (manyuḥ) - anger;, विद्यते (vidyate) - exists;, च (ca) - and;, अस्य (asya) - in him;, सुसूक्ष्मः (susūkṣmaḥ) - very subtle;, अपि (api) - even;, युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira;]
(Permit the father; time of him in the ascetic rite. Not anger exists and in him, very subtle even, O Yudhiṣṭhira.)
Allow the father, for this is his proper time for ascetic observance; in him, O Yudhiṣṭhira, not even the subtlest anger exists. (15-8-17)
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनमनुज्ञाप्य च पार्थिवम्। तथास्त्विति च तेनोक्तः कौन्तेयेन ययौ वनम् ॥१५-८-१८॥
etāvad uktvā vacanam anujñāpya ca pārthivam। tathā astu iti ca tena uktaḥ kaunteyena yayau vanam॥15-8-18॥
[एतावत् (etāvat) - thus much; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; अनुज्ञाप्य (anujñāpya) - having permitted; च (ca) - and; पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - the king; तथा (tathā) - so; अस्तु (astu) - let it be; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and; तेन (tena) - by him; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - was spoken; कौन्तेयेन (kaunteyena) - by the son of Kunti; ययौ (yayau) - he went; वनम् (vanam) - to the forest;]
(Thus much having spoken, speech having permitted and the king, 'So be it' thus also by him having been spoken, by the son of Kunti, he went to the forest.)
Having said this much and permitting the king, and receiving the words 'So be it' from the son of Kunti, he departed to the forest. (15-8-18)
गते भगवति व्यासे राजा पाण्डुसुतस्ततः। प्रोवाच पितरं वृद्धं मन्दं मन्दमिवानतः ॥१५-८-१९॥
gate bhagavati vyāse rājā pāṇḍusutastataḥ। provāca pitaraṃ vṛddhaṃ mandaṃ mandamivānataḥ ॥15-8-19॥
[गते (gate) - having departed; भगवति (bhagavati) - in the venerable (one); व्यासे (vyāse) - Vyāsa; राजा (rājā) - king; पाण्डुसुतस्ततः (pāṇḍusutastataḥ) - then the son of Pāṇḍu; प्रोवाच (provāca) - spoke; पितरं (pitaraṃ) - to (his) father; वृद्धं (vṛddham) - aged; मन्दं (mandam) - slowly; मन्दमिव (mandamiva) - as if slowly; अनतः (anataḥ) - bowed;]
(When the venerable Vyāsa had departed, then the king, son of Pāṇḍu, slowly spoke to his aged father, bowed, as if slowly.)
After the venerable Vyāsa had gone, the king, son of Pāṇḍu, bowed and gradually spoke in a gentle manner to his aged father. (15-8-19)
यदाह भगवान्व्यासो यच्चापि भवतो मतम्। यदाह च महेष्वासः कृपो विदुर एव च ॥१५-८-२०॥
yadāha bhagavān vyāso yac cāpi bhavato matam | yad āha ca maheṣvāsaḥ kṛpo vidura eva ca ॥15-8-20॥
[यदाह (yad āha) - what (he) said; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa; यच्चापि (yac ca api) - and also what; भवतो (bhavato) - your; मतम् (matam) - opinion; यदाह (yad āha) - what (he) said; च (ca) - and; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - the mighty-armed (one); कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and;]
(What the venerable Vyāsa said, and also your opinion, what the mighty-armed Kṛpa and Vidura indeed said, and also.)
Whatever the venerable Vyāsa has said, and whatever is your opinion, and what the mighty-armed Kṛpa and Vidura have said—(15-8-20)
युयुत्सुः सञ्जयश्चैव तत्कर्तास्म्यहमञ्जसा। सर्वे ह्येतेऽनुमान्या मे कुलस्यास्य हितैषिणः ॥१५-८-२१॥
yuyutsuḥ sañjayaś caiva tatkartāsmya hamañjasā। sarve hy ete'numānyā me kulasyāsya hitaiṣiṇaḥ ॥15-8-21॥
[युयुत्सुः (yuyutsuḥ) - desiring to fight; सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sañjaya; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तत्कर्ता (tat-kartā) - that doer; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; अहम् (aham) - I; अञ्जसा (añjasā) - directly; सर्वे (sarve) - all; हि (hi) - indeed; एते (ete) - these; अनुमान्या (anumānyāḥ) - to be honored; मे (me) - by me; कुलस्य (kulasya) - of the family; अस्य (asya) - this; हितैषिणः (hitaiṣiṇaḥ) - well-wishers;]
(Yuyutsuḥ, Sañjaya and indeed that doer I am directly. All indeed these to be honored by me of the family of this well-wishers.)
Yuyutsu, Sañjaya, and indeed I myself am the direct doer. All these, indeed, are to be honored by me as well-wishers of this family. (15-8-21)
इदं तु याचे नृपते त्वामहं शिरसा नतः। क्रियतां तावदाहारस्ततो गच्छाश्रमं प्रति ॥१५-८-२२॥
idaṃ tu yāce nṛpate tvām ahaṃ śirasā nataḥ। kriyatāṃ tāvad āhāras tato gacchāśramaṃ prati॥15-8-22॥
[इदं (idaṃ) - this; तु (tu) - but; याचे (yāce) - I request; नृपते (nṛpate) - O king; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; अहं (ahaṃ) - I; शिरसा (śirasā) - with (my) head; नतः (nataḥ) - bowed; क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done; तावत् (tāvat) - for now; आहारः (āhāraḥ) - food; ततः (tataḥ) - after that; गच्छ (gaccha) - go; आश्रमं (āśramam) - to the hermitage; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(This but I request O king, you, I, with (my) head bowed. Let food be prepared for now; after that, go towards the hermitage.)
But this I request of you, O king, with my head bowed: let food be prepared for now; after that, go to the hermitage. (15-8-22)
