Shloka 14

गच्छ विप्र त्वमद्यैव आलयं स्वं महाद्युते । ब्रृूहि सर्व यथा स्वैरं करवाणि किमच्युत,धर्मसे कभी च्युत न होनेवाले महातेजस्वी ब्राह्मण! तुम अभी अपने घरको चले जाओ और अपनी इच्छाके अनुसार सब कुछ बताओ मैं तुम्हारे लिये क्या करूँ?

gaccha vipra tvam adyaiva ālayaṁ svaṁ mahādyute | brūhi sarvaṁ yathā svairaṁ karavāṇi kim acyuta ||

Yama said: “Go, O brāhmaṇa, this very day to your own dwelling, O greatly radiant one. Speak freely and tell me everything as you wish—what shall I do for you, O unwavering one?”

गच्छgo
गच्छ:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formलोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद
विप्रO brahmin
विप्र:
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formnominative, singular
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
आलयम्home/abode
आलयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआलय
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
स्वम्your own
स्वम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
महाद्युतेO great-splendored one
महाद्युते:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाद्युति
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
ब्रूहिtell/say
ब्रूहि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
Formलोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootसर्व
Formneuter, accusative, singular
यथाas/how
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
स्वैरम्freely/at will
स्वैरम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वैर
Formneuter, accusative, singular
करवाणिmay I do
करवाणि:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), 1, singular, परस्मैपद
किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
अच्युतO Acyuta (Krishna)
अच्युत:
TypeNoun
Rootअच्युत
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

यम उवाच

Y
Yama
V
vipra (brāhmaṇa)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights dhārmic responsiveness: a righteous authority (Yama) invites the brāhmaṇa to speak without fear and offers to act for his welfare. Ethically, it models respectful address to the learned, openness to truthful speech, and readiness to grant what is proper rather than acting arbitrarily.

Yama addresses a brāhmaṇa, instructing him to return home immediately and then to state his wishes freely. Yama asks what he can do for him, setting the stage for a request/boon and a moral exchange about rightful conduct.