Shloka 11

Ulūpī–Citravāhinī Saṃvāda: Dhanaṃjaya-patana and Prāya-threat

Devanagari script

उलूपीं मां निबोध त्वं मातरं पन्नगात्मजाम्‌ | कुरुष्व वचन पुत्र धर्मस्ते भविता पर:

Transliteration

ulūpīṃ māṃ nibodha tvaṃ mātaraṃ pannagātmajām | kuruṣva vacana putra dharmas te bhavitā paraḥ ||

Translation

বৎস! আমাকে চিনে নাও—আমি উলূপী, নাগবংশজাত, তোমার মাতা। পুত্র! আমার বাক্য পালন কর; তাতে তোমার উচ্চতর ধর্ম লাভ হবে।

Word by Word

• उलूपीम्: Ulūpī (me)
• उलूपीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूपी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• निबोध: know, understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-बुध्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पन्नग-आत्मजाम्: daughter of a serpent (Nāga)
• पन्नग-आत्मजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नगात्मजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कुरुष्व: do, carry out
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• वचनम्: word, command
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुत्र: O son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्मः: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• भविता: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Periphrastic Future, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परः: supreme, great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Ulūpī
• Nāgas (Pannagas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that accepting one’s true relationships and obeying a rightful maternal/elder command can lead to ‘para dharma’—a higher form of righteous conduct aligned with moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ulūpī reveals her identity as the speaker’s mother and as a Nāga-born woman, then instructs her son to follow her directive, assuring him that compliance will bring him greater dharma.