Shloka 120

Devanagari script

कच्चित्‌ कृतं विजानीषे कर्तारें च प्रशंससि । सतां मध्ये महाराज सत्करोषि च पूजयन्‌,महाराज! क्या तुम्हें किसीके किये हुए उपकारका पता चलता है? क्या तुम उस उपकारीकी प्रशंसा करते हो और साधु पुरुषोंसे भरी हुई सभाके बीच उस उपकारीके प्रति कृतज्ञता प्रकट करते हुए उसका आदर-सत्कार करते हो?

Transliteration

kaccit kṛtaṃ vijānīṣe kartāraṃ ca praśaṃsasi | satāṃ madhye mahārāja satkaroṣi ca pūjayan ||

Translation

قال نارادا: «أيها الملك العظيم، هل تُدرك إذا صنع لك أحدٌ معروفًا؟ وهل تُثني على صانعه، وتُظهر امتنانك—وأنت تُكرمه—بأن تمنحه ما يستحقه من احترامٍ وتبجيلٍ في وسط مجلسٍ عامرٍ بأهل الفضل؟»

Word by Word

कच्चित्whether (indeed)?

कृतम्a deed; (good) act done (for you)

विजानीषेdo you know/recognize?

कर्तारम्the doer; benefactor

चand

प्रशंससिdo you praise?

सताम्of the good/virtuous people

मध्येin the midst (of)

महाराजO great king

सत्करोषिdo you honor; do you treat with respect?

चand

पूजयन्honoring; worshipping (while doing so)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Mahārāja (the king addressed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should be mindful of benefits received, acknowledge them, and publicly honor the benefactor among the virtuous; gratitude and recognition of merit are presented as marks of righteous kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is examining the king’s conduct through a series of ‘kaccit’ questions, here focusing on whether the king recognizes good deeds done for him and responds with praise and respectful public honor in a noble assembly.