भृत्यै राजभिरम्बाभिः संपृष्टोऽपि पुनः पुनः । उक्त्वा न किञ्चिदेवेति तूष्णीमास्ते निरीहितः ॥ २९ ॥
bhṛtyai rājabhirambābhiḥ saṁpṛṣṭō’pi punaḥ punaḥ | uktvā na kiñcidēvēti tūṣṇīmāstē nirīhitaḥ || 29 ||
Translation
"Asked again and again by servants, by kings and by his mothers, he says 'It is nothing', and sits silent, wanting nothing.
Word by word
- bhṛtyai
- (bhṛtyaiḥ) by servants
- rājabhir
- (rājabhiḥ) by kings
- ambābhiḥ
- by his mothers
- saṁpṛṣṭō
- (saṁpṛṣṭaḥ) asked
- api
- though
- punaḥ
- again and again
- uktvā
- says
- na
- not
- kiñcit
- anything
- ēva
- at all
- iti
- thus
- tūṣṇīm
- silent
- āstē
- sits
- nirīhitaḥ
- wanting nothing
Meaning
The same answer he gave his father (1.5.12).