महाभारत · 2.12.19
॥
देवनागरी
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
इयं या राजसूयस्य सम्राडर्हस्य सुक्रतोः ॥
श्रद्दधानस्य वदतः स्पृहा मे सा कथं भवेत् ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
iyaṃ yā rājasūyasya samrāḍarhasya sukratoḥ ||
śraddadhānasya vadataḥ spṛhā me sā kathaṃ bhavet ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
इयम् या राजसूयस्यiyam yā rājasūyasyathis [my] longing for the Rajasuya,
सम्राट्-अर्हस्य सु-क्रतोःsamrāṭ-arhasya su-kratoḥworthy of a sovereign, a good rite,
श्रद्दधानस्य वदतःśraddadhānasya vadataḥin me, who have faith and speak [of it], —
स्पृहा मे सा कथम् भवेत्spṛhā me sā katham bhavethow might it come to pass?"
युधिष्ठिरyudhiṣṭhiraoriginal form "yudhiṣṭhira", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इयंiyaṃoriginal form "iyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सम्राडर्हस्यsamrāḍarhasyaoriginal form "samrāḍarhasya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुक्रतोःsukratoḥoriginal form "sukratoḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कथंkathaṃoriginal form "kathaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Yudhishthira said: "How might this longing of mine for the Rajasuya — a good rite, worthy of a sovereign — come to pass, in me, who have faith and speak of it?"
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the king clothes his desire in a question, not a command. It is telling that Yudhishthira asks, "how might it come to pass?", entrusting the outcome to counsel and to the [will] of the Highest, rather than to his own will. Thus the scripture shows humility even in a rightful aspiration; and the sages answer.