इति श्रुत्वा वचो भद्रे स राजा प्रत्यभाषत । राजोवाच । नेच्छामि देवदूताऽहं स्वर्गमीदृग्विधं फलम् ॥ ४० ॥
iti śrutvā vacō bhadrē sa rājā pratyabhāṣata | rājōvāca | nēcchāmi dēvadūtā’haṁ svargamīdṛgvidhaṁ phalam || 40 ||
Translation
Hearing these words, good lady, the king replied. The king said: Messenger of the gods, I do not want heaven, a fruit of this kind.
Word by word
- iti
- these
- śrutvā
- hearing
- vacaḥ
- words
- bhadrē
- good lady
- saḥ
- the
- rājā
- king
- pratyabhāṣata
- replied
- uvāca
- said
- na
- not
- icchāmi
- I want
- dēva
- of the gods
- dūta
- messenger
- ahaṁ
- I
- svargam
- heaven
- īdṛgvidhaṁ
- of this kind
- phalam
- a fruit
Meaning
The king refuses heaven because it is a fruit of action, measured and perishable. What he wants is what does not end.