Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यृंजय उवाच प्रीती भवन्तौ यदि मे कृतमेतावता मम । एष एव परो लाभो निर्वत्तों मे महाफल:,सृंजयने कहा--ब्रह्मन्‌! यदि आप दोनों प्रसन्न हैं तो मैं इतनेसे ही कृतकृत्य हो गया। यही हमारे लिये महान्‌ फलदायक परम लाभ सिद्ध हो गया

Transliteration

Yṛñjaya uvāca—prīti bhavantau yadi me kṛtam etāvatā mama | eṣa eva paro lābho nirvṛtto me mahāphalaḥ ||

Translation

Yṛñjaya sprach: „O Brahmane, wenn ihr beide mit dem zufrieden seid, was ich getan habe, dann halte ich mich schon durch dies allein für vollendet. Dies allein ist mir zum höchsten Gewinn geworden — zu einer großen und fruchtbaren Errungenschaft.“

Word by Word

सृंजयःSṛñjaya (name)

उवाचsaid

प्रीतिःsatisfaction/pleasure

भवन्तौyou two (honorific)

यदिif

मेof me / my

कृतम्done

एतावताby this much / with this much

ममof me / my

एषःthis

एवindeed/just

परःsupreme/highest

लाभःgain/benefit

निर्वृत्तःaccomplished/fulfilled

मेfor me / my

महाफलःhaving great fruit; highly fruitful

Speaker

यृंजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yṛñjaya

a Brahmin (addressed as 'brahman')

two persons addressed in dual (bhavantau)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents an ethical ideal: the highest ‘profit’ is not material reward but the sincere approval and contentment of worthy persons (here, honored elders/Brāhmaṇas). One should regard righteous service and the happiness of the respected as a complete and great fruition of one’s actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yṛñjaya speaks to a Brahmin and addresses two honored persons together, saying that if they are pleased with his conduct, he considers his task fulfilled. He frames their satisfaction as his supreme attainment and the great fruit of his effort.