Shloka 31

Devanagari script

नाभाग उवाच अनृतं भाषतु सदा सद्भिश्वैव विरुध्यतु । शुल्केन तु ददत्कन्यां यस्ते हरति पुष्करम्‌,नाभाग बोले--जिसने आपके कमल चुराये हों, उसे सदा झूठ बोलनेका, संतोंके साथ विरोध करनेका और कीमत लेकर कन्या बेचनेका पाप लगे

Transliteration

Nābhāga uvāca: anṛtaṁ bhāṣatu sadā sadbhiś caiva virudhyatu | śulkena tu dadat kanyāṁ yas te harati puṣkaram ||

Translation

Nābhāga sprach: „Möge der, der deinen Lotus gestohlen hat, dazu verdammt sein, stets Unwahrheit zu reden, mit den Tugendhaften in Zwietracht zu leben und die Sünde auf sich zu laden, eine Jungfrau gegen Entgelt wegzugeben, als verkaufe er sie.“

Word by Word

नाभागःNābhāga

उवाचsaid

अनृतम्falsehood, untruth

भाषतुlet him speak

सदाalways

सद्भिःwith the good (people), with the virtuous

एवindeed, just

विरुध्यतुlet him oppose, let him be at odds

शुल्केनwith a price, for a fee

तुbut, however

ददत्giving

कन्याम्a maiden, daughter

यःwho

तेof you, your

हरतिsteals, takes away

पुष्करम्lotus (or: Puṣkara, a name/place)

Speaker

नाभाग उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nābhāga

puṣkara (lotus)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames theft and moral transgression as leading to deep ethical downfall: habitual untruth, hostility toward the virtuous, and the grave social-religious sin of treating marriage as a commercial transaction (giving a maiden for a price).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nābhāga pronounces a condemnation/curse-like statement against the person who has taken the other party’s lotus, listing the moral consequences that should attach to that offender.