Verse 2·VR 1.58.2

प्रत्याख्यातोऽसि दुर्बुद्धे गुरुणा सत्यवादिना | तं कथं समतिक्रम्य शाखान्तरमुपेयिवान् || १-५८-२

pratyaakhyaato asi durbuddhe guruNaa satya vaadinaa | tam katham samatikraMya shaakhaa antaram upeyivaan || 1-58-2

Translation

'You slow-witted king, your veracious mentor has denounced you. But transgressing him how do you approach another branch of the same tree of wisdom, when that very tree rejected you?' So the sons of Vashishta have started to denounce Trishanku. [1-58-2]

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durbuddhe

oh slow witted one [king]

satyavaadinaa guruNaa pratyaakhyaataH asi

you are denounced by mentor [Vashishta] the advocator of truth

tam

him

samatikramya

verily over stepping - transgressing

shaakhaantaram

another branch

katham

how

upeyivaan

come nigh of - approaching.

Chapter context

58

Trishanku seeks shelter of Vishvamitra

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