Shloka 37

Devanagari script

युधन्वोवाच यद्‌ धर्ममवृणीथास्त्वं न कामादनृतं वदी: । पुनर्ददामि ते पुत्र॑ तस्मात्‌ प्रह्मद दुर्लभम्‌

Transliteration

sudhanvovāca yad dharmam avṛṇīthās tvaṃ na kāmād anṛtaṃ vadīḥ | punar dadāmi te putraṃ tasmāt prahrāda durlabham ||

Translation

সুধন্বা বলল—“প্রহ্লাদ! তুমি ধর্মই বেছে নিয়েছ, স্বার্থের বশে অসত্য বলোনি; তাই তোমার এই দুর্লভ পুত্রকে আমি আবার তোমাকে ফিরিয়ে দিচ্ছি।”

Word by Word

• युधन्वा: Yudhanvā (name of the speaker)
• युधन्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्: that/inasmuch as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्

• धर्मम्: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवृणीथाः: you chose/accepted
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृञ्)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

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

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कामात्: from desire; out of self-interest
• कामात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अनृतम्: falsehood, untruth
• अनृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वदीः: you spoke/said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• ददामि: I give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: —, Ablative, Singular

• प्रह्लाद: O Prahlāda
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुर्लभम्: hard to obtain, rare
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

प्रह्माद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sudhanvan
• Prahlāda
• son (putra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Choosing dharma and refusing to lie for personal gain is upheld as the highest ethical standard; such integrity brings restoration and reward, symbolized by the return of the son.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sudhanvan addresses Prahlāda and acknowledges that Prahlāda has chosen righteousness and not spoken untruth out of desire; as a consequence, Sudhanvan returns Prahlāda’s (rare and precious) son to him.