ईदृशोऽसौ सुतो बाल आधिनाऽथ वशीकृतः । कथं ददामि तं तुभ्यं योद्धुं सह निशाचरैः ॥ १३ ॥
īdṛśō’sau sutō bāla ādhinā’tha vaśīkṛtaḥ | kathaṁ dadāmi taṁ tubhyaṁ yōddhuṁ saha niśācaraiḥ || 13 ||
Translation
"Such is this son of mine, a child, and now in the grip of a sickness of the mind. How can I give him to you to fight with night-roamers?
Word by word
- īdṛśō
- (īdṛśaḥ) such
- asau
- this
- sutō
- (sutaḥ) son
- bāla
- (bālaḥ) a child
- ādhinā
- by a sickness of the mind
- atha
- now
- vaśīkṛtaḥ
- in the grip
- kathaṁ
- how
- dadāmi
- can I give
- taṁ
- him
- tubhyaṁ
- to you
- yōddhuṁ
- to fight
- saha
- with
- niśācaraiḥ
- night-roamers
Meaning
"Ādhi" is sickness of the mind, as against vyādhi, sickness of the body.