Shloka 13

Jaratkāru’s Marital Compact and Departure (जरत्कारु–जरत्कारुणी संवादः)

Devanagari script

यत्‌ तेडभिलपितं प्राप्तुं फलं तस्मान्नूपोत्तमात्‌ । अहमेव प्रदास्यामि तत्‌ ते यद्यपि दुर्लभम्‌,“उस श्रेष्ठ राजासे जो फल प्राप्त करना तुम्हें अभीष्ट है, वह अत्यन्त दुर्लभ हो तो भी मैं ही तुम्हें दे दूँगा

Transliteration

kāśyapa uvāca | yat teḍabhilapitaṃ prāptuṃ phalaṃ tasmān nṛpottamāt | aham eva pradāsyāmi tat te yady api durlabham ||

Translation

„Welchen Lohn du auch von jenem vortrefflichen König zu erlangen wünschst — und wäre er noch so schwer zu erreichen — ich selbst werde ihn dir gewähren.“

Word by Word

यत्that which

तेto you

अभिलपितम्spoken/uttered (desired, asked for)

प्राप्तुम्to obtain

फलम्fruit/result/boon

तस्मात्from that (person)

नृपोत्तमात्from the best of kings

अहम्I

एवindeed/alone

प्रदास्यामिI will give

तत्that

तेto you

यद्यपिeven if/although

दुर्लभम्hard to obtain/rare

Speaker

काश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kāśyapa

nṛpottama (an excellent king, unnamed here)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A righteous promise made by a sage carries decisive moral force: what one seeks from worldly authority can be granted through spiritual merit and the trustworthy word of a ṛṣi, even when the desired result is rare or difficult.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kāśyapa addresses a petitioner and assures them that the very boon they hope to obtain from an excellent king will instead be granted directly by him, underscoring the superior efficacy of ascetic power and truthful commitment.