संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
जरत्कारुः दुःख-शोक-परायणः स्वान् पितॄन् उवाचjaratkāruḥ duḥkha-śoka-parāyaṇaḥ svān pitṝn uvācaJaratkaru, overcome with grief, said to his ancestors
अहम् एव जरत्कारुः किल्बिषी भवतां सुतःaham eva jaratkāruḥ kilbiṣī bhavatāṃ sutaḥI am indeed Jaratkaru, your sinful son
तत् दण्डं धारयत मे दुष्कृतेःtat daṇḍaṃ dhārayata me duṣkṛteḥimpose upon me the punishment for my transgression
पितरः किमर्थं त्वया न कृतः दार-संग्रहःpitaraḥ kimarthaṃ tvayā na kṛtaḥ dāra-saṃgrahaḥthe ancestors said: why have you not taken a wife?
ऊर्ध्वरेताः शरीरं अमुत्र प्रापयेयम् इति हृद्य् अर्थःūrdhvaretāḥ śarīraṃ amutra prāpayeyam iti hṛdy arthaḥthe thought that always turned in my heart: that, preserving my seed, I might bring my body to the other world
भवतः शकुन्तान् इव लम्बतः दृष्ट्वा बुद्धिः निवर्तिताbhavataḥ śakuntān iva lambataḥ dṛṣṭvā buddhiḥ nivartitāseeing you hanging like birds, I abandoned that resolve
करिष्ये वः प्रियं निवेक्ष्येkariṣye vaḥ priyaṃ nivekṣyeI will do what pleases you -- I will marry
सनाम्नीं कन्याम् यदि उपलप्स्येsanāmnīṃ kanyām yadi upalapsyeif I find a maiden bearing the same name as mine
भैक्षवत् स्वयम् उद्यता याम् न भरेयम् ताम् प्रतिग्रहीता अस्मिbhaikṣavat svayam udyatā yām na bhareyam tām pratigrahītā asmiher who is given as alms, and whom I need not support -- her I will take
एवंविधं निवेशं प्राप्नुयां यदि अन्यथा न करिष्येevaṃvidhaṃ niveśaṃ prāpnuyāṃ yadi anyathā na kariṣyeif I obtain such a marriage, [I will marry]; otherwise I will not
सूतsūtaoriginal form "sūta", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतच्etacoriginal form "etac", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छ्रुत्वाchrutvāoriginal form "chrutvā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जरत्कारुर्jaratkāruroriginal form "jaratkārur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुःखशोकपरायणःduḥkhaśokaparāyaṇaḥoriginal form "duḥkhaśokaparāyaṇaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुःखाद्duḥkhādoriginal form "duḥkhād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बाष्पसंदिग्धयाbāṣpasaṃdigdhayāoriginal form "bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गिराgirāoriginal form "girā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुष्कृतेर्duṣkṛteroriginal form "duṣkṛter", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अकृतात्मनःakṛtātmanaḥoriginal form "akṛtātmanaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितरpitaraoriginal form "pitara", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऊचुःūcuḥoriginal form "ūcuḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुत्रputraoriginal form "putra", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिष्ट्यासिdiṣṭyāsioriginal form "diṣṭyāsi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संप्राप्तsaṃprāptaoriginal form "saṃprāpta", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इमंimaṃoriginal form "imaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देशंdeśaṃoriginal form "deśaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यदृच्छयाyadṛcchayāoriginal form "yadṛcchayā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चcaoriginal form "ca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्रह्मन्brahmanoriginal form "brahman", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृतोkṛtooriginal form "kṛto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दारसंग्रहःdārasaṃgrahaḥoriginal form "dārasaṃgrahaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जरत्कारुर्jaratkāruroriginal form "jaratkārur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ममायंmamāyaṃoriginal form "mamāyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितरोpitarooriginal form "pitaro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नित्यंnityaṃoriginal form "nityaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
परिवर्ततेparivartateoriginal form "parivartate", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैvaioriginal form "vai", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैvaioriginal form "vai", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवंevaṃoriginal form "evaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तुtuoriginal form "tu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मयाmayāoriginal form "mayā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बुद्धिर्buddhiroriginal form "buddhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्रह्मचर्यात्brahmacaryātoriginal form "brahmacaryāt", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितामहाःpitāmahāḥoriginal form "pitāmahāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कामंkāmaṃoriginal form "kāmaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नात्रnātraoriginal form "nātra", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संशयःsaṃśayaḥoriginal form "saṃśayaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्य्yadyoriginal form "yady", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अहंahaṃoriginal form "ahaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कदाkadāoriginal form "kadā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चनcanaoriginal form "cana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भविष्यतिbhaviṣyatioriginal form "bhaviṣyati", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चcaoriginal form "ca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
याyāoriginal form "yā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
काkāoriginal form "kā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चिद्cidoriginal form "cid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भरेयंbhareyaṃoriginal form "bhareyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चcaoriginal form "ca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अहम्ahamoriginal form "aham", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवंविधम्evaṃvidhamoriginal form "evaṃvidham", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अहंahaṃoriginal form "ahaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कुर्यांkuryāṃoriginal form "kuryāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तुtuoriginal form "tu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सत्यम्satyamoriginal form "satyam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतत्etatoriginal form "etat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितामहाःpitāmahāḥoriginal form "pitāmahāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सूतsūtaoriginal form "sūta", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवम्evamoriginal form "evam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उक्त्वाuktvāoriginal form "uktvā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तुtuoriginal form "tu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितॄंश्pitṝṃśoriginal form "pitṝṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चचारcacāraoriginal form "cacāra", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पृथिवींpṛthivīṃoriginal form "pṛthivīṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मुनिःmuniḥoriginal form "muniḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नnaoriginal form "na", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चcaoriginal form "ca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्मsmaoriginal form "sma", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लभतेlabhateoriginal form "labhate", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भार्यांbhāryāṃoriginal form "bhāryāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृद्धोvṛddhooriginal form "vṛddho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽयम्'yamoriginal form "'yam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शौनकśaunakaoriginal form "śaunaka", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Jaratkaru's consent shows renunciation joined with duty. At first, as an urdhvaretas -- one who preserves his seed -- he sought personal liberation and had no wish to marry; but seeing his ancestors perishing, he sets aside his own resolve for their sake. The verse thus teaches that duty toward others (here, toward one's ancestors) can outweigh even one's own spiritual aspiration; true renunciation is not selfish. Jaratkaru's conditions are striking: the wife must bear his name and be given to him as alms, and he will not support her. These conditions are not a whim but an expression of extreme non-attachment: even entering marriage out of duty, he seeks neither pleasure nor the burden of worldly care; he accepts a wife "as alms," without self-interest. Here is an example of yukta-vairagya, renunciation in action: one can perform worldly duty while remaining inwardly free, unattached to results and seeking no gain. Thus Jaratkaru, for the sake of saving his ancestors, descends to marriage, yet keeps the spirit of the renunciant.