देवदूत उवाच । साधु पृष्टं त्वया सुभ्रु यथावत् कथयामि ते । अरिष्टनेमी राजर्षिर्दत्वा राज्यं सुताय वै ॥ २३ ॥
dēvadūta uvāca | sādhu pṛṣṭaṁ tvayā subhru yathāvat kathayāmi tē | ariṣṭanēmī rājarṣirdatvā rājyaṁ sutāya vai || 23 ||
Translation
The messenger said: You ask well, fair one; I will tell you just as it was. The royal sage Ariṣṭanemi gave his kingdom to his son,
Word by word
- dēva
- of the gods
- dūta
- messenger
- uvāca
- said
- sādhu
- well
- pṛṣṭaṁ
- asked
- tvayā
- by you
- subhru
- fair-browed one
- yathāvat
- just as it was
- kathayāmi
- I will tell
- tē
- you
- ariṣṭanēmī
- Ariṣṭanemi
- rājarṣiḥ
- the royal sage
- datvā
- having given
- rājyaṁ
- his kingdom
- sutāya
- to his son
- vai
- indeed
Meaning
Ariṣṭanemi is a king who has already done what Kāruṇya hesitates to do: he has given up his throne for a life of austerity.