Shloka 16

Jaratkāru’s Conditional Marriage Vow and Vāsuki’s Offer (जरत्कारु-विवाह-नियमः)

Devanagari script

पूजितस्तु नरेन्द्रेण द्विजो गौरमुखस्तदा । आचख्यौ च परिश्रान्तो राज्ञ: सर्वमशेषत:

Transliteration

pūjitas tu narendreṇa dvijo gauramukhas tadā | ācakhyau ca pariśrānto rājñaḥ sarvam aśeṣataḥ ||

Translation

Da wurde der Brahmane Gauramukha vom König gebührend geehrt; und, von seinen Mühen erschöpft, berichtete er dem Herrscher alles vollständig, ohne irgendetwas auszulassen.

Word by Word

• पूजितः: honored, worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित (√पूज्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• नरेन्द्रेण: by the king (lord of men)
• नरेन्द्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्विजः: the Brahmin (twice-born)
• द्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गौरमुखः: Gauramukha (lit. ‘fair-faced’, proper name)
• गौरमुखः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरमुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• आचख्यौ: told, related
• Type: Verb
• Root: आचख्यौ (√चक्ष्)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परिश्रान्तः: exhausted, weary
• परिश्रान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिश्रान्त (√श्रम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राज्ञः: to the king
• राज्ञः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अशेषतः: entirely, without remainder
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशेषतः

Speaker

शमीक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शमीक (Śamīka)
• नरेन्द्र (the king)
• द्विज (brahmin)
• गौरमुख (Gauramukha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A righteous king honors learned and truthful speakers, and a brahmin-messenger or adviser should communicate the matter completely and accurately (aśeṣataḥ), without concealment—an ethic of respectful reception and faithful reporting.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being received with honor by the king, the brahmin named Gauramukha—tired from his efforts—relates the entire account to the king in full detail.