तुष्टोऽहं भो द्विजश्रेष्ठा: सत्या: सन्तु मनोरथा: । छन्दांस्ययातयामानि भवन्त्विह परत्र च ॥ ४२ ॥
tuṣṭo ’haṁ bho dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ satyāḥ santu manorathāḥ chandāṁsy ayāta-yāmāni bhavantv iha paratra ca
- tuṣṭaḥ
- satisfied
- aham
- I am
- bho
- my dear ones
- dvija
- of brāhmaṇas
- śreṣṭhāḥ
- O best
- satyāḥ
- fulfilled
- santu
- may they be
- manaḥ-rathāḥ
- your desires
- chandāṁsi
- Vedic mantras
- ayāta-yāmāni
- never growing old
- bhavantu
- may they be
- iha
- in this world
- paratra
- in the next world
- ca
- and
You boys are first-class brāhmaṇas, and I am satisfied with you. May all your desires be fulfilled, and may the Vedic mantras you have learned never lose their meaning for you, in this world or the next.