Shloka 56

Āṇīmāṇḍavya–Upākhyāna

The Account of Āṇīmāṇḍavya and the Birth of Vidura

Devanagari script

दाश उवाच अस्यां जायेत य: पुत्र: स राजा पृथिवीपते । त्वदूर्ध्वमभिषेक्तव्यो नान्य: कश्नन पार्थिव,निषाद बोला--पृथ्वीपते! इसके गर्भसे जो पुत्र उत्पन्न हो, आपके बाद उसीका राजाके पदपर अभिषेक किया जाय, अन्य किसी राजकुमारका नहीं

Transliteration

dāśa uvāca: asyāṃ jāyeta yaḥ putraḥ sa rājā pṛthivīpate | tvadūrdhvam abhiṣektavyo nānyaḥ kaścana pārthiva ||

Translation

Dāśa sagte: „O Herr der Erde, welcher Sohn auch immer aus ihr geboren wird—er allein soll König sein. Nach dir muss er auf den Thron geweiht werden; kein anderer Prinz darf gesalbt werden.“

Word by Word

• दाशः: Daśa (the fisherman)
• दाशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्याम्: in her / in this (woman)
• अस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• जायेत: should be born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-liṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिवीपते: O lord of the earth
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वत्: after you / from you
• त्वत्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative, Singular

• ऊर्ध्वम्: afterwards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिषेक्तव्यः: to be consecrated (as king)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-षिच् (धातु) + तव्यत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध)

• अन्यः: another (person)
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कश्चन: anyone at all
• कश्चन: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थिव: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

दाश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dāśa
• pṛthivīpati/pārthiva (the king being addressed)
• the prospective son (heir)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the dharmic force of a pledged condition in royal affairs: legitimacy of rule is tied to honoring promises and agreed succession, even when it restricts other potential claimants.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dāśa addresses the king and lays down a clear stipulation: the son born from the woman in question must be the next king and be formally consecrated after the current ruler; no other prince should receive the anointment.